[Market-farming] Fresh produce

william lewis wal_tm at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 24 10:04:50 EDT 2007


Sunny,

I'm Will Lewis (29 y/o) I also have a small farm in
EAST TEXAS near Jasper.  
I have 37 acres now and only farm on about 2 acres.

How many acres do you farm on?  Is that how you make a
living?

I really wish i could farm full time.  So I like to
hear how other folks do it.

I would like to come see your operation sometime

Will Lewis
Jasper, TX

--- sunny3 at wt.net wrote:

> Hi Bill, just wondering where you are in East Texas.
>  Wow, 25 acres is not small to me!
> Sunny
> Rafter G Ranch
> Coldspring, TX
> 
> > Phil, I am a small grower, 25 acres. grow mostly
> pepper. I sell to our local stores.
> > East Texas area, I sell Brookshire Grocery Co.,
> Brookshire Bros. Co. I also sell to
> > ten Wal-Mart super centers. And supply some
> vendors for farm markets. I haven't been
> > able to sell to our local schools because they
> don't cook anymore. All there food is
> > boil a bag stuff from food service suppliers. Bill
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> >   From: SaladG at aol.com
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> >   Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:34 PM
> >   Subject: [Market-farming] Fresh produce
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> >   Bill and Steve I really agree.  The junk I have
> seen in the stores and some of the
> > markets we attend, I wouldn't take home and feed
> the hog's.  We saw some sprouts
> > the other day that were buggy and had black spots
> on them and the vendor was
> > actually trying to sell them.  Stuff in the
> grocery store's are not any better or
> > maybe worst, but the wholesale produce companies
> and the groceries will not buy
> > local unless we can furnish year around, what a
> line of !!!!!!!!!!!! .  I have
> > been working with the Armstrong Research Farm
> trying to establish a regional food
> > system to supply our local schools, hospitals, and
> restraunts.  After working on
> > this for a year, here comes all the shippers
> getting their business on board
> > because they don't have the expenses we have.  We
> all have hoop building, coolers,
> > transplanters, tractors and etc. All they have is
> a pickup to go to their auction
> > and haul their shipped in crap to the account that
> we are serving.
> >
> >   Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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