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- From: "nan and stewart" <stewart AT watervalley.net>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: update on oxford farmers market (long/ personal)
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 19:18:52 -0500
Just to again thank all who helped me with advice
on starting a farmers market in Oxford, MS.....we had our first saturday, a big
success and LOCAL GROWERS ONLY (no vendors!!!)
since all the growers are pretty new to market
farming, there were more customers than produce, so sold out by 10 a.m. (started
at 8a.m....wow, what a late start, no?!!)
Once in a while I will be bringing some of my
smaller farm animals to set up on a lawn in a small pen, to add to the festice
atmosphere..
BTW, my sister growers all UNDERPRICED their
quality produce....so I gave them Lynn B.'s Growing 4 Market talk about setting
a price that truly represented their labor, materials and the quality of their
product! Most had to raise their price by almost a dollar ($1.00) PER
POUND.....i think women tend to undervalue what they do and sell,
especially. I know my customers always insist that i raise the price on my
goat milk, goat cheese and yogurt (chuckle).....
peace, nan j.
dancing goats farm
n. mississippi
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- update on oxford farmers market (long/ personal), nan and stewart, 05/28/2001
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