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  • From: SaladG AT aol.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Imports in our Local stores
  • Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:05:16 EDT

A lot of vendors don't really understand we are the one's that need to be setting the prices and the quality standards.  Not the grocery. 
 
I am working with a Local food initiative for our area and am finding what we really need is a lot of education of our youth and young farmers that in the future we as consumers are going to have a hard time finding locally grown foods or even foods produced and processed in this country.  The last stat I have found is that around 35% of the foods have been imported or has been processes out of this country, this is really going to be something that will have to be addressed sometime in the future for our own food safety. 
 
Most if not all my prices are way above grocery store prices and we have no problem selling everything that we take to markets because they know we grow it and it was fresh picked, not in a cooler for a week or two.
 
Phil




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