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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost AT gilanet.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: Our first regular restaurant order!
  • Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:42:37 -0700


Or grow what the market wants instead of looking for a market for what we
grow.

paul AT largocreekfarms.com
http://medicinehill.net

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On 12/6/2004 at 3:17 PM Jackie Fisher wrote:

>> From: tonitime AT juno.com
>> Hi Jackie!
>> How wonderful your orders are rolling in.........it is so great to
>> share your enthusiasm with us.
>> As one who has been pondering what the heck can be marketed in an area as
>> remote as we are in, i do love those success stories.
>>
>> Toni -in KY for four years, and still just developing good organic
>> growing space!
>_________________________________________
>Hi Toni!
>
>Matt John just recently did up a business plan with me for our farm, and I
>am just going to post his quote from it here since he said it so very well:
>"Kentucky is centrally located within a day's drive of approximately 75% of
>the population of the United States which makes shipping more affordable."
>I
>think we sometimes forget that when we are looking for markets for what we
>grow. I just had someone call me this morning from out of state hoping to
>find a heritage turkey for Christmas since they had appreciated the
>Thanksgiving one so much. She said everyone was saying they were sold out.
>Yep, we are too, but we will raise more next season.
>
>At least right now the market is good for this but if too many get into
>heritage turkeys, the prices will have to come down and then it may be
>harder to make any profit on them as they take three times as long to
>raise.
>And turkeys sure do eat! I have been inundated with requests for info on
>raising turkeys almost as if it's a get rich quick scheme - ah, what little
>do they know, hehehe! Raising turkeys may become the next emu ranch,
>dot.com
>or pyramid scheme of the farm world. We'll just have to wait and see.
>
>Many Blessings to your flocks!
>
>Jackie Fisher
>A Different Drummer Farm
>300 John T. Fields Rd.
>Edmonton, Kentucky 42129
>270-432-0970
>
>"Be good to the land and it will be good to you"
>
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