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[william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com>]

We sell through farmer's markets from May to October and the ones we go to 
are very strict about where the product comes from.  They can even check your 
farm out to see if you are really growing what you sell.

--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Rob <becida AT comcast.net> wrote:

From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 12:19 PM

Sometimes I guess you have to look at what works.... How far is the 
auction from you?

Rob
becida AT comcast.net



At  11/9/2008 09:31 AM,Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
>The difference between a produce auction and a Farmers' Market is that
>produce auctions usually allow produce from other areas or countries. Many
>Farmers' Markets today require the produce to be locally grown.
>
>We have one farmer who runs a farm stand, but brings in a lot of produce
>from the auction. He used to sell at the local Farmers' Market, but his
kids
>told people that they grow their own produce....yeah, like bags of oranges
>and watermelons in May. They kicked him out of the Farmers' Market, but
he
>set up his own stand and does great business.
>
>Lynn Wigglesworth
>----- Original Message -----
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>
> >I was looking at http://userpages.bright.net/~fwo/index.html and saw
> > that he had a newer web site so I went and took a look
> > http://www.brightdsl.net/~fwo/ . This web site has talk about produce
> > auctions. I'd never thought of produce auctions before and now
I've
> > heard of them.
> > There is a listing of 55 known produce auctions in IL, IN, IA, KY,
> > MD, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA and Ontario. It's an
interesting
> > site and is maybe worth a visit.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> > becida AT comcast.net
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> Lynn, the farmers markets out here are filled with mexicans selling
> produce shipped in from Mexico.

Many of the farmer's markets in the Bay Area have Hispanics selling produce
locally grown in small plots.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html