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  • From: "E C GRANATA" <elainegranata AT msn.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] CSA start-up
  • Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:15:35 -0700

Bill, and the list:  I followed this link and read the report-- one finding was that CSAs had the highest net cash per acre and the highest net cash to gross ratios.  Another reason to consider them, and a trade off for the stress and demands.
 
Elaine
Denver
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] CSA start-up

Hi Lu,

I highly recommend a 2005 publication titled "Grower to grower:
Creating a livelihood on a fresh market vegetable farm" published by
the University of Wisconsin. It's a case study of 19 Wisconsin growers
and their financial breakdown (gross sales per acre, net income per
acre, hourly wage for owner, etc.). There are many valuable insights
in there (such as a list of equipment and expenses for farms of
various sizes) that would be valuable to anyone interested in
vegetable farming, but it's especially relevant if you live and farm
in Wisconsin.

Here's a link to the PDF file:

http://www.cias.wisc.edu/pdf/grwr2grwr.pdf

Best of luck and keep us posted,

Krystle

About me - http://www.SelfmadeFarmer.com
Notes/research - http://www.SelfmadeFarmer.wordpress.com


On Nov 25, 2007 10:17 AM,  <frshstrt AT baldwin-telecom.net> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,  I'm toying with the thought of starting a small CSA.  For
> those of you who do this-  I need to know how many weeks,  how much cost
> per share and about how much  per week in that share.  Any hints are
> helpful.  Thanks,  Lu in Wisconsin
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