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  • From: "Del Williams" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Peddlers at Markets
  • Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:35:17 -0600


You know what, Robert, I think that the people who sell for the cheapest
prices are the big farms. For example, I came to the market with just 6
dozen sweet corn (I grew) and priced at $3/dozen or 25 cents an ear for the
single and elderly folks. In comes my good friend Mike with a truckload of
sweet corn at $1.50 per dozen. I just hoped he would sell out fast so I
could sell mine.

We don't have a minimum price rule. Instead we have a maximum price rule.
I have never understood it. The rule states that you can't sell above local
market price. The local market is the grocery store as far as I'm
concerned. I think I routinely ignore the pricing rule and base mine on
what I need to get to be profitable.

Really, it's harder for me to compete with the big farms. Economies of
scale I guess.

Del Williams
Farmer in the Del
Clifton Il
delannw AT dlogue.net






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