Market Farming

[Chris Sawyer <css AT ioa.com>]

Hi Brian,
I am in Asheville, started farming four years ago after an accident that made
other work impossible.  (ruptured discs require constant moving, and farming 
is
the ticket for me). I had land and no training or experience. We are going 
into
our fourth commercial year and are members of Carolina Organic Growers, a
cooperative selling and distributing organic vegetables from Asheville to
Raleigh. This year we will expanding into Atlanta as Wellspring is moving 
their
warehouse there from Raleigh. I suggest you check out the Organic growers 
school
put on by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association which is coming up really 
fast.
There are other 'seminars' going on this month and next throughout the state,
and a lot of NC's community colleges now have courses on successful small farm
options.
We have one member who has consistently made over 20K part time on one acre, 
he
is an exec and his wife a lawyer and grows mostly tomatoes in greenhouses and
lettuces, with a sideline of holly propagation for landscaping sales.
You are welcome to come and visit if you are ever in the area, 
www.jakesfarm.com

Welcome to the list,
Chris