Market Farming

[cappy AT harborside.com]

Quoting Bitbybit <bitbybit AT eoni.com>:

> Thanks for all the useful info that comes through 
this forum.( Yes, I do
> learn from and enjoy the personal stories.)
> I have a 167 acre farm near La Grande, Ore. I have a 
130 chickens from
> which I am selling farm fresh eggs. They have huge 
runs and I supplement
> their diet with all the raked up alfalfa and hay for 
the horses and cows
> and goats. Plus excess milk from the cow etc. I have 
been studying the
> pastured poultry thing. Since I'm on a major highway 
to recreational
> area, I'm planning a market garden also.
> Needless to say, I have a lot of manure around. Does 
anyone think it
> would be worthwhile to build a big compost bin and 
fill it with the
> manure from the various animals, age it, then sell it?
> Thanks,
> Shirley
>
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Hi Shirley,

Sounds like you've got a great place with great plans.

Interesting concept - why not "go" for it.  Look at 
what zoos have been doing for years - Zoo Do.  Sells 
like hot cakes.

Met a delightful couple in Sequim, Washington with a 
llama farm.  They have a pasture vac (started the 
project initially to clean the pastures easily) that 
also grinds the llama poop into a fine mixture - looks 
a bit like coffee groups.

Word spread and gardeners are coming out to the farm to 
buy it by the bagful for their flower beds.  

I just heard about a company in Canada with a very 
innovative package with awhimsical design - compost tea 
bags.  Great marketing idea. I'm researching more about 
them.

Could be a good vehicle for community involvement - 
(lots of mileage for news releases) like a horse barn 
here on the coast.  A local Boy Scout troop bags up 
seasoned horse poop and sells it at $2.00 a bag.  I 
just bought some and put it out in the garden.
No ordor at all.  They also sell it by the pickup full.

Sounds like a great idea.

Good luck,

Cappy Tosetti
Gleneden Beach, Oregon

www.bumpercropmarketing.com