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  • From: "Brigette Leach" <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Jumping Into Farming
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:37:24 -0500

Some of the best advice we got as beginners was: be sure what you have a
market for before you grow it.

Brigette Leach
avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net
Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown
Climax MI 49034
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> [Original Message]
> From: MMN <sedona44 AT verizon.net>
> To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 3/10/2004 4:58:45 AM
> Subject: [Market-farming] Jumping Into Farming
>
> Any thoughts/advice you can share will be appreciated. I've grown stuff
in
> my yard but never on a farm scale. As a NOFA member, I've attended
> workshops on various aspects of farming, from the business end of things
to
> understanding crop pests, but this is all book learning rather than hands
> on.
>
> I'm in the market for a house, so I put out some feelers for a farm and
> discovered a land trust that will sell a farm house and outbuildings to a
> farmer along with the option to lease the surrounding acreage. Herbs and
> cut flowers were what I had in mind although I'd certainly grow some
veggies
> and would love to have fruit, too.
>
> Provided the land trust is willing to let a newbie farmer buy the place,
am
> I totally crazy to even be thinking of jumping right into farming this
> way???
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marj
>
>
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