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  • From: "Brigette Leach" <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mark in Kentucky
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:34:11 -0400

As I was eavesdropping, I wondered if there are any hydroponics operations
in the area that you're talking about?

Brigette Leach
avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net
Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown
Climax MI 49034
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> [Original Message]
> From: Mark A Abner <wizard1 AT kih.net>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 4/27/2004 3:57:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mark in Kentucky
>
> Hey I know where abouts that is : ) I used to know some folks out on
Flat
> Marry road out side of Campton though I havent been out that way in ages.
Yep
> ag diversity is slow comeing to eastern KY but folks are starting to
brinch
> out and explore alternitives though so many options of crops are limited
by
> reachable markets.
> Too many years of tobacco being the only crop counted on to pay the
bills
> and peopel being paid to land bank what they had in corn and other small
> grains along with stagnet market prices corn is actualy bringin less than
it
> did 25 years ago but the cost of growing bushel sure has gone up. Not to
> mention so much of eastern KY is just not suited for annyal crops of any
kind
> because of erosion. It is very hard but if folks can get focused on
> regionalizeing the food they buy there is hope for both the grower and the
> consumer in areas like eastern KY.
> I think the idea of extending the CSA idea to contract producing hogs
> beef and chicken or even farmed fish to individuals could be a practicle
way
> to gain and retain local maket for comunities while helping gaurantee that
> consumers are getting meats that they know something about add in some
> perinieal crops that can be havested every year or multiple times a year
> without the expence or errosion damage of annual plowing, and you may
find a
> combination that is workable and sustainable.
>
> Mark
>
> tonitime AT juno.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> > we're in the upper area of the Red River Gorge (Wolfe County), by
the
> > Clifty Wilderness Area. Small county, very little ag diversity here. I
> > came from Central Valley CA, where so, so many crops were
> > grown.........it really spoiled us ;-)
> > Toni - so much to learn about kentucky growing - organically
> >
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