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- From: marc AT aculink.net
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: political groups at market
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:22:52 -0700
There is a significant difference in agenda of peddlers and
market gardners.
A peddler is reselling for profit.
A market gardener is gardening for profit.
The peddler can and will buy rejects, substandard grades and
other produce at incredibly discounted rates and sell at the
same prices as a local supermarket. Most people - including
lots of market gardeners - cannot distinguish between a #1
and a #2 or #3 grade.
A market gardener is stuck with what they raise or fail to
raise.
These agendas are what, IMHO, a market rules foundation can
be built on.
It ain't just the profit or market share - it's the quality
and the source. Both quality and source can be inspected at
the market level.
There can be market licenses or waivers for known or
registered growers.
A reseller can be restricted or inspected. A known grower
can be disciplined for pulling reselling stunts without a
paper trail.
A peddler can be mandated to show a paper trail of purchases
and grades. I know it's work but you get what you work for -
not what you pay for.
The customers usually do not claim to know food but they
will respect a self governing effort to insure the quality
or knowledge of what they get and will pay well for good
stuff.
Marc Nameth
-
political groups at market,
Petersons, 02/11/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: political groups at market, marc, 02/11/2001
- Re: political groups at market, R. Harrill, 02/11/2001
- RE: political groups at market, Bill & Linda Barry, 02/11/2001
- Re: political groups at market, marc, 02/12/2001
- RE: political groups at market, Del Williams, 02/12/2001
- RE: political groups at market, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 02/12/2001
- Re: political groups at market, Patrick Mulkey, 02/12/2001
- RE: political groups at market, Josie Klapper, 02/12/2001
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