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  • From: Vern and Amy <vaspencer AT sisna.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Local Food Hub
  • Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:01:00 -0700

Some food hubs charge less than $50 for membership. Of course operating costs for the hub have to come from somewhere and that is something each hub has to determine. They can charge nothing to buyers and raise the costs on the producers, who will either pass it along to the consumer through higher costs or eat it (the cost) themselves.

Some people are happy to pay what amounts to a buck a week to be able to order exactly what they want from 20 different local producers, none of which has a CSA program, especially in the "off season". It depends on how people look at it, the dynamics of the local economy (both producer and consumer ends). Some consumers will even consciously pay more for their food to see local small "farms" succeed.



Vern




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