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- From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] More business
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 06:38:04 -0600
I'm VERY pleased to hear a small farming success story!
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 07:29:44PM -0800, Steven Rogers wrote:
> I paid my attorney and CPA to do the incorporation. The lease agreement
> between myself and the corporation was drawn up by my attorney.
There is clearly some size/profitability threshold that must be crossed
before such effort and expense is justified; I wonder what it is? I
wonder what the initial and ongoing costs are for incorporation?
> Someone asked about labor. Other than my driver, I use work crews from an
> agricultural labor contractor. I ususally bring in a crew
> of 10 plus a foreman. The contractor pays workers comp,. unemployment,
> handles payroll, verifies immigraton status, supplies portapotties,
> drinking water, hand washing stations. I only have to deal with the
> foreman, and I only have to write one check to the contractor. I
> have no payroll expense etc. I only bring them in on an as-needed basis.
You are EXTREMELY fortunate to have such an available source of labor!
90% of my farming negatives come from the labor problem.
Here is but the most recent example:
http://austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images23
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[Market-farming] More business,
Steven Rogers, 02/05/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] More business,
Willie McKemie, 02/06/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] More business, Pat Meadows, 02/06/2005
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[Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers,
Beth Spaugh, 02/06/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers, Willie McKemie, 02/06/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers,
Tom at Limerock, 02/07/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers, Pat Meadows, 02/07/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers,
Leigh Hauter, 02/07/2005
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[Market-farming] Re: veggie crates,
Tom at Limerock, 02/07/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Re: veggie crates, Lucy Goodman, 02/07/2005
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[Market-farming] Re: veggie crates,
Tom at Limerock, 02/07/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers, Lucy Goodman, 02/07/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] More business,
Willie McKemie, 02/06/2005
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