Market Farming

["William McKay" <bmckay55 AT hotmail.com>]

MARKET-FARMING Digest for Monday, January 14, 2002.

1. Re: Organic farm/Preserve Manager
2. Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
3. Re: Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
4. Hello responses
5. Re: Hello responses
6. Re: Hello responses
7. Re: Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
8. Re: Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
9. Re: Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
10. Re: Raw Sprout Warning from CDC
11. ALAR myth
12. alar myth
13. Sprouts was Re: alar myth
14. Re: Hello responses
15. Re: Sprouts was Re: alar myth

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Subject: Re: Organic farm/Preserve Manager
From: Earthfarm1 AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:57:10 EST
X-Message-Number: 1


Good day:)

I'm looking for special people/family with vision, energy and talents to 
help
build a 450 acre plus farm/preserve in beautiful rural area in south central
Kentucky into a model for sustainable agriculture, and forestry.

We are seeking folks who share our enthusiasm for nature, and desire a
simpler, more wholesome lifestyle. There are excellent opportunities to 
build
cottage enterprises. Lots of synergism for the right folks.

The ad below is similar in tone to our desires.  If interested please 
contact
earthfarm1 AT aol.com. Best to all.   Frank

<< Farm Manager Wanted: Organic farm seeks farm manager for 2002 season and
beyond.  Experienced
organic farmer with farm management background desired to help our
nonprofit environmental
foundation integrate ecologically sustainable small-scale farming with
wildlife and wilderness values in the eastern Adirondacks.  Seeking
individual(s) - possibly a couple -
interested in helping build a human community that lives
in harmony with the surrounding
natural community.  Assume full care and responsibility for
our small, market garden/organic farm.  Lease or employment
arrangements considered.  >>










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Subject: Hello responses
From: "Jeanine Fore" <Jeanine4 AT aol.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:16:01 -0500
X-Message-Number: 4


Bill, Could you ask your brother when does he harvest his fingerling
potatoes, after the tops have died back or does he cut back the green tops
and harvest like new potatoes. Also, I checked out the growitalian.com
site, very nice. I have requested a catalog; I am always looking for
something different.

Dont have to ask my brother.  I helped him harvest the damn things.  I am 
too old to be doing the pitchfork routine with potatoes.  He lets them go 
until the tops die back.  Not sure you would want to try the new potato 
route since the fingerlings are pretty small in any case.  They do fetch a 
premium price.  They also taste mighty good.  You might want to bring in a 
few 'samples' for the first few markets you do.  Once people get hooked on 
them, they do not want to go back to regular potatoes.  Recommend you do as 
much as you can to keep the weeds down.

Regards

Bill McKay in E. Massachusetts an www.growitalian.com  US Mail order 
distributor of ITalian vegetable, herb & flower seeds from Franchi Sementi 
spa, Bergamo, Italy  seedsmen since 1783


PS  If they will buy lemon grass where you are from, you ought to try the 
liscia verde chard.



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