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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Seven day Market
  • Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:07:21 -0600


Alex,
I'm with you. I couldn't do it either. I know there are people like
that; but I am not one of them.

Jill

> OK, I have to tell the story about an intern I had here one year.

>
> He grew up on a family farm in Michigan- apples and vegies. He and his
father
> also did contract pruning for the other orchards in the area. The father
wound up
> leasing some acreage in CA and market farming.
>
> Anyway, he showed up with one of those flashlights that strap onto your
head. I
> asked him what that was for and he said, "To work at night." He then
proceeded to
> tell me that they did 11 markets a week! Just the 2 of them!
>
> He told me that they have a highway dept. surplus truck (5 ton) and they
harvested
> together at night & loaded the truck. (There's storage space under the
bed for
>
> display tables, etc.) He gets up in the morning and hits 1 or 2 markets,
> depending on the day, while his father plants, cultivates and repairs
gopher
> gnawings on their irrigation lines.
>
> I found this hard to believe until we had worked together for one of those
12 hour
> days when I was ready to drag myself into the house and he asked if he
could do
> some hoeing. He seemed as fresh and energetic as first thing in the
morning and
> worked until he couldn't see any more. This was the first (and last) time
I had
> an apprentice that could outwork me. And he was not only hard working,
but fast,
> efficient and meticulous. Must be a hormone thing- I couldn't keep up
with him.
>
> So, 7 markets isn't unbelievable, given the right person. I know I
couldn't do
> it.
>
> Alex McGregor
> Walden Farm






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