Market Farming

[Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:01:37 -0400, you wrote:


>
>I think what Allan was saying is that most of the customer base for 
>CSA's is looking for chem free, locally grown vegetables, where they 
>know the farmer, where they can visit the farm and maybe work some at 
>the farm.  At least that's my customer base.
>

Since - in our area - there are essentially NO good fresh
veggies at supermarkets (NONE), I'd be delighted to join
*any* CSA:  organic or otherwise.  (That is, if I didn't
garden and if we could afford to join a CSA.  I might join
one anyway:  it would be really nice for me not to have to
grow everything.)

It's also true that, for me personally, I think 'local'
trumps 'organic':  if I had to choose between local and
organic food, I believe I'd choose local (for a complex of
reasons).  

Pat
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