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- From: robert schuler <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:16:42 -0500
Andrew , A lot of folks who call themselves market farmers are self described
farmers in name only. Most are gardeners who call their gardens... farms.
That is their right but it is un reasonable to expect a garden to be economically
sustainable or viewed as a viable farming business.
I moved my farm to this area 19 years ago because it has the best soils and climate for growing the highest yielding fruits and vegetables. There are hundreds of full time commercial small to medium family vegetable farms in my neighborhood. We must be doing something right... Location is everything. You can grow vegetables almost anywhere but there are certain places where vegetables grow really good. If you live outside one of these areas you will never make it... If a person has a profession and is unemployed and someone offers him a job in his profession 500 miles away he picks up and relocates. If you want to be successful making a living growing vegetables you have to packup and move to where the best vegetable land is... Folks who try to eeke out a living growing vegetables on clay and rock hillsides will never make. But there is a crop or animal suitable for almost any soil and climate, folks need to find what works best where they live if they don't want to relocate... Bob.
"Andrew R. King" wrote:
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
TxBeeFarmer, 12/21/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Marty Kraft, 12/21/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, joe and trish, 12/21/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
Andrew R. King, 12/21/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Old Timin', 12/21/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Marty Kraft, 12/21/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
Wiediger, Alison, 12/21/2005
- [Market-farming] The numbers are wrong/ Economics- sustainable ag?, Tradingpost, 12/21/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Wiediger, Alison, 12/21/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
Andrew R. King, 12/22/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
robert schuler, 12/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Andrew R. King, 12/22/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
robert schuler, 12/22/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?, Wendy & Randy Gray, 12/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Economics- sustainable ag?,
TxBeeFarmer, 12/21/2005
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