[Market-farming] too many farmers markets
HERBKDR at aol.com
HERBKDR at aol.com
Wed Aug 24 19:12:53 EDT 2011
We were members of a market that was quite unique and doing very well. We
had a large Saturday market and two more during the week on Tuesday and
Thursday with a totally different crowd. Everyone seemed to be doing very
well and then a produce auction house opened not so far away. "Farmers" were
driving and buying vs. growing. They needed more days in order to sell
"their" crops! So what used to be a "unique" market with plenty for
everyone soon became a "Seven-Eleven" in four different locations and operating 5
days a week. The yearly and daily dues went up and so did the gas prices.
So that meant that real farmers were losing money...I know we did. We had
to drive 3 days a week to make what we used to make in one Saturday! We
quit and now belong to a grower only market and I'll be darned if they
haven't decided to open a satellite market. We are seriously thinking farm
stand at home!
Karin in Kentucky_____________________________________________
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