[Market-farming] Advice on small contract w/ Extension
Susan Houghton
susangivingtree at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 1 13:28:27 EST 2008
Extension workers here get upwards of $18/hour, So don't be bashful about
charging what it is worth. You can also ask for mileage to and from -
federal rate was $.37/mile in early 2007, don't know what it is now.......
Susan
Michigan
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From: <tonitime at juno.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:10 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Advice on small contract w/ Extension
>
> I hope some of you can help me think through this opportunity!
> The county next to mine has a good extension office, and personnel that
> care and are wanting me to build, plant, and maintain a raised-bed
> demonstration area for home gardeners.after polling the citizens to see
> what they want their extension to do for them - this was what the people
> asked for.
> They are glad to be encouraging more people to grow vegies at home, as
> not much is offered in stores anywhere around here. I am having a hard
> time figuring out how to give them a price for my work that is fair all
> around! I would be constructing one long raised bed (wooden-sides, seat
> top), a demo composting setup, filling this big box-bed with bagged
> ammendments, and seasonal plantings (that i will provide from my own seed
> and starts), and maintain maybe once a week until frost time. It is alot
> of work, and they are located about 40 minutes from our farm ( everything
> is 30-40 minutes or more from where we live!). Materials aside, i can't
> figure out how to charge for my time. I often do seed-saving and
> heirloom classes, gardening, and processing info sessions on my own, w/0
> pay.........for community service and good will - but need to accept
> their payment for a project like this one.
> I am doing this because i really believe that more citizens need to get
> involved in their own growing at home in these harder times. We live in
> an area where people have never had good shopping anywhere nearby, and
> their farms used to sustain community only a generation or two in the
> past. It is a poor county, and many cannot afford the fresh food prices
> in the local markets anymore, but do have space to grow at least some, if
> not most of their foods - like their ancestors did.
>
> As my own life and farm keep me so busy, i need help to figure what my
> time is worth on such as this. If this question is out of line here, i
> understand that........but know that several here are not only involved
> with their markets - but with local foods and education, too. If you
> care to respond, or help me ask the right questions in my next meeting -
> please feel free to write me offlist at:
> tonitime at gardener.com
> Community service is an important thing to us, and i do not want to say
> no to this aspect, when some people are getting needier here and
> everywhere.
> Thanks for your time, if you have extra!
> Toni in E KY
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