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  • From: "Gary & Sarah Rowland" <hcf AT moment.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Peddlers at Markets
  • Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:35:46 -0600


It must take a person of higher moral and spiritual plane than myself to
tolerate people who take advantage of their fellow vendors and market
customers Under the guise of the great service their doing in providing for
the customer needs to " help the market".
----- Original Message -----
From: <mckemie AT inetport.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Peddlers at Markets


> On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 02:22:16PM -0600, Del Williams wrote:
> > I like your market's approach. However, I think that there is good
reason
> > to allow space for local growers who aren't into retail. Effective
retail
> > selling takes a certain attitude that some people are better at doing.
What
> > is wrong with promoting the produce of local growers with a local
> > retailer/grower?
> >
> > Del Williams
> > Farmer in the Del
> > Clifton IL
>
> That sounds very reasonable.
>
> I have heard many re-sellers make the same argument.
>
> My experience is, when that is allowed, the re-sellers are able to out
> sell the farmer and the farmer suffers. At least with reduced sales,
> at worst, finding the market unprofitable to attend. My experience is,
> the re-seller can not be depended upon to limit himself to re-selling
> his neighbor's products and that policing is impossible when a seller is
> allowed to have multiple sources.
>
> --
> Onward! Through the Fog!
> Willie
> http://austinfarm.org/homegrown
>
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