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- From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
- To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Peddlers at Markets
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:32:08 -0600
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> From: Alex McGregor[SMTP:waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com]
>
> . We required a document from the group with info on each farm, their
> rotation schedule and an affidavit saying they sold only each others'
> produce- with the wording that violation of the rules by anyone got them
> all (in the co-op) kicked out.
>
Alex, I think this is great thinking - allowing more farmers to participate
without each having to drive every market day, and a protocol for keeping it
honest.
> His position (which I agree with) is
> that citrus will never be grown locally (no competition with local
> growers) and
> that he's a member of IFOAM (Florida organic growers assoc.) and will only
> resell
> from those small farmers.
>
This would be difficult. I personally would want the man there because I'd
like to have to opportunity to buy the organic citrus, but does it introduce
a loophole,that could, in the end, cause a lot of problems. You'll have to
let us know what your market decides, and how it works.
> Having produce not grown here and from small farmers can only enhance a
> market,
> according to me and the cotton man. There are others who see any
> reselling as
> bad. I even suggested a parallel (right next to us) market for these
> things-
> clearly delineated.
>
Parallel might really work, with everything clearly labeled. Even at our
market, I wouldn't get so angry, if the re-sellers were required to clearly
label their trucked-in produce (although the folks we're talking about
mostly wouldn't, and there would be no repercussions!). I suggested years
ago that we partition our market with growers at one end, and re-sellers at
the other, but the re-sellers don't want it - they want customers to think
they are farmers. And each year, we see fewer farmers, and smaller crowds.
Alison Wiediger
Au Naturel Farm
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Re: Peddlers at Markets
, (continued)
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Del Williams, 02/11/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Jeffery Blake, 02/11/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, mckemie, 02/11/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Gary & Sarah Rowland, 02/11/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Gary & Sarah Rowland, 02/11/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Wiediger, Alison, 02/12/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Alex McGregor, 02/12/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Robert Farr, 02/12/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, wiediger, 02/12/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Robert Farr, 02/13/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Wiediger, Alison, 02/13/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, robert schuler, 02/13/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Alex McGregor, 02/13/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Del Williams, 02/14/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Del Williams, 02/14/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, HackettShark, 02/14/2001
- Re: Peddlers at Markets, Bill Shoemaker, 02/14/2001
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