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  • From: Debbie Moore <caverdjmoore AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] shopping for new markets
  • Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 02:26:58 +0000


> But I guess that begs the related question - how far away is too far? Is
> it simply a matter of time/money spent getting to and from, versus money
> earned while there?
 
I posted a similar question last winter - how far do you travel to market. In
my case, I know I will not be able to do farmers markets forever because of
health/age concerns so my goal is to use farmers markets to create a customer
base and ask what upscale stores they frequent that would be a good fit for
me (I do value-added). My longest drive was an hour and a half. This brings
me to the ever-ending Uncle Sam debate since mileage deductions ranged
between 50 and 55 cents per mile while I get 35 mpg - quite a difference
between the profit in my bank account and the profit on Schedule C. *sigh*

Debbie
transplanted to Zone 6






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