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- From: "Pete, Judi & Shania" <corbettj AT computer-products.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: CSA
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:58:45 -0500
I am looking at dropping my Farmers markets and
starting up a CSA. I have always wanted to do this but I am not to sure what to
do. We have one that I just learned about that is actually run by friends. But
the girl who is running just lost her partner a few weeks ago and I need to give
her a bit of time before I approach her for some help and
suggestions.
I will do the traditional herbs and veggies,
but I also raise heritage chicken breeds for eggs and meat, finish pork for a
few friends and raise rabbits for show and meat as well as have a bunch of free
range Muscovies and Pekins running around.
Now the rabbits, chicken, pork and duck would be on
top of the other stuff, eggs could be include. I know roughly what my pork,
chicken and rabbits sell for be weight so I was figuring I would be best to sell
them that way? The ducks free range so really other than a bit of feed
they pick up most of the expense for them would be getting them killed. Could
find out what duck sells for. I need to look at covering these animals
individually as it will cost me to have them butchered.
So I am really trying to figure out ideas on how to
do this and how to figure out costs, etc.... We only have a little over an acre
and on that is our house. So right now I am only gardening about 1/2 acre and
also am trying to figure out how much I need to plant of what for a family. I
have another 1/2 acre or so that borrow off the farmer out back for pig field.
and I can crop a big chunk of it as the pigs move into it as the summer goes and
only took over the last half last week.
So is there a site or suggestions of amounts,
prices, crops, etc....
Judi Corbett
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- CSA, Pete, Judi & Shania, 11/10/2002
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