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[Market-farming] charging what the market will bear
- From: "Errol Castens" <castens AT peoplepc.com>
- To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:53:59 -0600
One of the things I'd like to see happen in our local farmers' market this
year is for growers to realize how important it is to charge prices that
reflect the value in their food and flowers. One back yard grower with a
shirttail full of produce or a few bouquets who undercuts everybody else
under the philosophy of "Oh, I'm not trying to make a profit -- I just enjoy
it!" can set other growers up for having to justify their more realistic
pricing long after the BYG has sold out and is back home under the air
conditioner. (Yeah, I've been a back yard grower, too.)
I'm not aiming at price fixing, just encouraging realistic (read
"profitable") pricing. We have the clientele to support it. Any ideas how we
can approach it -- perhaps while we do our preseason farm/garden visits? Any
specifics that we can "preach" at our growers?
Errol Castens
Oxford, Mississippi
Zone 7b
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RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are being fed homones
, (continued)
- RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are being fed homones, Leigh Hauter, 02/03/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are beingfed homones, Rick Williams, 02/03/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are beingfed homones, Leigh Hauter, 02/03/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are being fed homones, jay gee, 02/03/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] Leigh Hauter: claim that poultry are being fed homones, Rick Williams, 02/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Poultry manure and USDA myths, marc, 02/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Poultry manure and USDA myths, Del Williams, 02/03/2003
- [Market-farming] Not about Manure. Please!, Ed Clifford, 02/03/2003
- [Market-farming] Marketing and education, Rick Williams, 02/03/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Poultry manure and USDA myths, marc, 02/04/2003
- [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Errol Castens, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Willie McKemie, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, jay gee, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Del Williams, 02/04/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Rick Williams, 02/05/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Rick Williams, 02/04/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, jay gee, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Lucy Goodman, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Liz Pike, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Willie McKemie, 02/04/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] charging what the market will bear, Liz Pike, 02/05/2003
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