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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Got it, now ....thanks .....bobford


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

> From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 2:07 PM
> At  11/9/2008 12:48 PM,bob ford wrote:
> >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
> 
> It was just May in PA, Lynn didn't have tomatoes yet,
> too early. The 
> places that import the food did. That's why I wondered
> about the 
> auction as a market for what Lynn (and others) did have in
> May.
> 
> Rob
> becida AT comcast.net
> 
> 
> 
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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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