[Market-farming] Why do it II

Andy Fellenz fellenz at fltg.net
Fri Apr 25 15:51:34 EDT 2008



Krystle wrote:
> "... A CSA can also be an income stabilizer, but only if it's a large 
> CSA (100 members) because otherwise the income doesn't seem to cover 
> the additional cost of management (organizing shares, marketing, 
> sorting, sending staff to pick-up sites, etc.). "
> Krystle
> Salem, OR
> http://www.selfmadefarmer.com
>
> Unless you are getting premium pricing, 100 shares isn't really large 
> enough.  Now that I am at ~150 shares, it is looking like 250-300 is 
> really the minimum size for reasonable profitablility.

Andy


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