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  • From: SCook21809 AT aol.com
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re:A Singing Pig:
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 12:05:03 EST


<< So the city isn't going to solve the problem because they ARE the problem.
And you trying to solve the city's problem would be like trying to teach the
pig to sing - it'll frustrate you and only annoy the pig. >>

A "Them Vs Us" mentality is what gets us swept into a corner and
forgotten. The Washington State Farmers' Market Association requires all
framers' markets to have growers make up more than 50% of its venders. The
City of Bainbridge Island built a world class "Market Square" as part of its
new city hall campus this year. But only after local growers attended many
Council, and Committee meetings. Board members of our local farmers' market
assoc. sit on the boards of downtown business associations. Small growers
need to learn to be politically active or accept being politically
disenfranchised. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and some pigs can sing.

Art Biggert
Ocean Sky Farm
Bainbridge Island, WA





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