Market Farming

[CAVM AT aol.com]

My sister-in-law grows sweet corn on the large commercial farm she has with 
her husband.  The sweet corn is a very small percentage of the total acreage 
and we live in a rural area of Western Kentucky.  Normally you would expect 
that the farmers' market would not be very exciting since every few houses on 
nearly every country road has something for sale in season.

To overcome this my sister-in-law harvests her sweet corn and sells it at the 
elderly housing complexes.  These fine folks don't get out like they used to 
but a great many of them are from farm backgrounds or at least were gardeners 
once.  They snap up all of her sweet corn at prices that they find reasonable 
and she finds rewarding.

Regards,

Cornelius A. Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc.