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[Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture
- From: "Claudia & Linda" <dragonhill2@netzero.net>
- To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:54:00 -0500
Oklahoma has a food co-op that was established
about 3 years ago now and seems to be working well. There's a one time fee
to join, refundable anytime you choose to leave the co-op. Each month,
producers list what they have available, mostly via the internet site but I
believe there a mailed list available for those without a computer.
Consumers order directly from the producer and on the set date all orders are
taken to a central place in Ok. City. Here volunteers sort them into
orders and the orders are delivered to other major cities for pick up. The
co-op is making enough to pay the route drivers for their gas and time.
The system doesn't cover the entire state yet but it's a start. It's been
enough of a threat to Tyson, that last summer their lobbyists got legislation
pushed thru the Ok. legislature making third party delivery of
processed poultry illegal so the co-op can't deliver farmer's dressed
poultry anymore. This was done very quietly and no one new anything about
it until the co-op was raided on a delivery day. All attempts to get the
law rescinded have been futile; Tyson pays off too well. But the co-op
method is one way to get local food to the city and it obviously has the big
boys scared.
Claudia
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[Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/11/2006
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TradingPostPaul, 05/11/2006
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TradingPostPaul, 05/11/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture, Greg and April, 05/11/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture, Robert Norsen, 05/11/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture, Pat Meadows, 05/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
Greg and April, 05/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/11/2006
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[Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
Claudia & Linda, 05/12/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/12/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
Pat Meadows, 05/13/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/13/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
Pat Meadows, 05/13/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, TradingPostPaul, 05/13/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, Pat Meadows, 05/14/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, Terry Wereb, 05/13/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, TradingPostPaul, 05/14/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead -AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, J Bailey, 05/14/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead -AModel for Sustainable Agriculture, TradingPostPaul, 05/14/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
Pat Meadows, 05/13/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/13/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
Pat Meadows, 05/13/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] e Small ScalRe: The Integrated Farmstead - AModel for Sustainable Agriculture,
TradingPostPaul, 05/12/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
Marty Kraft, 05/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A Model for Sustainable Agriculture,
Robert Norsen, 05/11/2006
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