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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
  • Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:48:35 -0800 (PST)

Lynn, that is when you ask them to taste one of your tomatoes. The reason
I'm willing to pay higher prices for produce (or meat or seafood) is all
about taste . Local taste better (produce anyway. Local shrimp ,here, is
pond raised freshwater - not the same).............bboford


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--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 1:44 PM
> We had an odd situation here: we had a Farmers' Market,
> the guy who grew
> some stuff/bought some from auction, and a supermarket all
> selling within
> site of each other. It was an easy walk from one to the
> other. People would
> come to me at the Farmers' Market and complain that we
> didn't have tomatoes
> in May, while the other 2 places did. They didn't want
> to hear "locally
> grown", they just wanted tomatoes.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cathy" <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
>
>
> >I noticed on the web site that produce brought in from
> more than 100 miles
> > away or grown by someone other than the seller could
> be auctioned, but
> > must
> > be labelled non-local.
> >
> > Is it the experience of standing outside to shop for
> produce that intices
> > folks to buy non-local at a farmer's
> market/auction rather than just
> > buying
> > from the supermarket? Or is it that prices are lower
> or are assumed to be
> > lower?
> >
> > A few blocks from here a gentleman spends 6 days a
> week sitting in front
> > of
> > his garage selling produce, nuts, honey, etc. Because
> of the
> > out-of-season
> > offerings, it's clear the stuff is not being grown
> locally (certainly not
> > in
> > his backyard). I applaud his entreprenurial spirit
> and wish him well, but
> > I
> > wonder what makes people stop in for strawberries.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Lynn Wigglesworth
> > <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>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.
> >>
> >>
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