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- From: "Del Williams" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: peddlers, politics & convenience
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:14:57 -0600
The reason for limiting spaces was - for those who pushed it - to limit
competition. It isn't for space. We are currently only filling half of the
parking lot that was allotted to us by the city.
Personally, I'm kind of against it. I understand the views of the farms
that don't want too many competitors at the market. On the other hand, what
the rule has done is let us hand pick farms for the variety they will bring
to the market.
But to be clear, this farmers' market is going into its 3rd year. We
collected and studied the rules of other Illinois markets and gleaned what
we thought would be good for us. The original group formed the Kankakee
County Farmers' Market Association as a way to organize the market growers.
At the beginning, as a market gardener (albeit small) in Iroquois county,
the group voted to let me in since my farm is closer to Kankakee than any of
the large towns in Iroquois. I was also the only fresh herb grower with a
diversity of herbs. Not much of a threat to the other large, well
established farms.
Del Williams
Farmer in the Del
Clifton IL
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Re: peddlers, politics & convenience
, (continued)
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, mckemie, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Del Williams, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Wiediger, Alison, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Gary & Sarah Rowland, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, WB Carver, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Del Williams, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, mckemie, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Jeffery Blake, 02/13/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Del Williams, 02/14/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, S & S Aqua Farm, 02/14/2001
- Re: peddlers, politics & convenience, Del Williams, 02/14/2001
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