Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/22/2011 at 6:50 PM John D'hondt wrote:

>And this is another bouncer. Is somebody getting tired of me?
>john
>  Lets think about this-remember when all those millions of eggs had
>salmonella? People were avoiding them and buying them in farmers markets
>and around here the price went up to $4/dozen?? Follow the money. Organic
>feed is more on demand because people want more organic eggs. Now the
>price of eggs have fallen dramatically in the store to $2/dozen. Isn't it
>logical to use business logic and realize a drop in price will not only
>draw people back but will also eliminate some competition? That way when
>your competition is eliminated you can then raise the price for your eggs
>to $5/dozen and grab the market share. You can then claim as an excuse
>that there are fewer and fewer people out there selling eggs. Follow the
>money...
>
>  nonna
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>It is also good to realise that any scare such as the "salmonella in eggs"
>scare is used by the really big ones to get rid of small competitors. In
>the UK every egg seller had to give up something like three laying hens
>per quarter and pay for their autopsy to the tune (if I remember well) of
>£45 per bird. If you have a back yard flock of 20 hens you are soon
>finished (even if the lab makes no mistakes) that way and for the really
>big ones with millions of hens it hardly matters.
>Where I live now you need a license if you keep more than 3 hens. Every
>egg laid needs to be date stamped with a special stamp. And regular
>inspections are no fun. It is forbidden to leave the birds outside after
>the bird flue scare and it is also not allowed to keep more than one
>species of poultry on any one farm. Imo it is not just the money at all.
>john
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