Market Farming

["Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>]

Production is one thing. Business management is another thing. You need really good business planning and management skills to farm profitably. Know when to invest in something and when to do it on the cheap. Find some small farmers who are successful and talk with them, work with them, learn from them.

 

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
http://rhomestead.com

"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used."  - Wendell Berry

"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Francis Moore Lappe

 

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Christian
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:13 PM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] Why do it

I've been following this list for quite some time and it seems as though most people just do this for fun, to get their hands dirty. It seems like the toughest part of Market-Farming is not the farming part but the Marketing part. Why is it that is seems most people are lucky to break even? Why can't you make a decent living supplying the growing organic market? I don't understand what the main difficulty is. Marketing?

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