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  • From: "Jeffery Blake" <echoecho AT bedford.heartland.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: peddlers, politics & convenience
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:05:19 -0600


Uuuuh. I guess I'm not advocating anything. I hope I didn't misundertand
the point of the last post. I thought he said the farmer's convenience is
more important that the customer. I'm not certain now. I think length of
marketing day/time/duration of the market is probably relative to the people
who are customers or are potential customers. That might vary from area to
area, city to rural, age of populace etc. My point was that the customer is
at least as important as the farmer. If I misunderstood Gary, I am sorry.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mckemie AT inetport.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:24 PM
Subject: [market-farming] Re: peddlers, politics & convenience


> >
> > Boy! I couldn't disagree more. I think under no circumstances should we
> > ever think that the farmer is more important than the customer! I
don't
> > think any marketer even if he is a farmer will ever get very far with
this
> > attitude. This amazes me. I think perhaps going this far puts the
farmer
> > on a pedestal. To me the key to this whole farmers market thing is the
> > customer/farmer relationship. When a balance is struck between what the
> > consumer wants and what farmers can sustain we should be happy. Modern
> > grocery stores place the consumer over the producer. We should never
allow
> > the farmers market to place the farmer over the consumer. I think that
> > would make us worse than them.
> >
> I'm not sure what you are advocating. Can you be more specific? The
> post below specifically advocates short duration infrequent markets. Do
> you advocate long hours? If so, how long? Do you advocate frequent
> markets? If so, how frequent? Daily?
> >
> > > The convenience, serving the customer thinking leads to the everyday
all
> > day
> > > farmers market where there are no farmers just peddlers. The farmers
> > market
> > > is for the convenience of the farmer. Short hours, once or purhaps
twice
> > a
> > > week lend to the ideal of the customer getting there early to get the
best
> > > freshest produce. The farmers market needs to be a special event,
with
> > > customers coming because it is special.
>
> --
> Onward! Through the Fog!
> Willie
> http://austinfarm.org/homegrown
>
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