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- From: "Christine & Marlin" <glenecofarm AT planetcomm.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Michael Pollan article
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:09:54 -0400
I am not sure when this article was
written, but it seems to be out of date. Joel’s brother Art
regularly markets Joel’s meat and eggs to restaurants and stores at least
as far away as to Joel and Teresa were so helpful and
generous to us in the early 1990’s (sharing their models and ideas); so
that we could get started in market-farming. However, it doesn’t “go
down well” with me when I hear him criticize the “big guy”
and the middleman. He is going down the same road. Many times there
is financial sustainability when one gets “bigger”. His financial figures are
misleading. The 500 acre farm was his dad’s; so he does not figure
any cost on that. When we first went to see them, his income was
low. The way he could afford to buy a new tractor in the early 1990’s,
was to have trees logged off his farm. He doesn’t figure labor costs
either. Currently Joel makes a lot of money off
his ideas and his charismatic speeches. Does any one know what it costs
to get him to speak at a conference? What does it cost an individual to
attend a field day at his farm? Joel and Polyface Farm have become
famous. As our neighbor once said, “You can make more money telling
others how to farm than by farming.” Christine Burkholder From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dawn M. Ripley Thought you guys might enjoy another article about Joel Salatin: Dawn
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[Market-farming] Michael Pollan article,
Dawn M. Ripley, 04/26/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Michael Pollan article,
Christine & Marlin, 04/30/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Michael Pollan article, Allan Balliett, 04/30/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Michael Pollan article,
Christine & Marlin, 04/30/2006
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