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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New Member Intro
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 08:28:19 -0400

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:13:27 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello everybody! My name is Joyce, and my family and I are retiring to
>northern Wisconsin next June to my father's farm. It is the last Century
>Farm in Iron County. Right now we live in the Southwest Side of Chicago
>where we have been gardening for 20 years in raised beds so we are confident
>we can at least feed ourselves. My plans for the farm are more ambitious.
>We will have an on-farm roadside stand and plan to have small fruits and
>vegetables, herbs, hay, and grain. I will farm organically, but I don't
>know if I am willing to pay for the certification.

You don't need certification if you sell less than $5000 per
year, although you must still comply with all the
requirements of course.

See: http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Q&A.html

Pat




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