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- From: sora AT coldreams.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Why do it
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:42:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> Don't call it *fun*, please. That's insulting to me and probably to a
> whole bunch of other listmembers.
>
> Doing it just for fun...sigh...Sure there are times when it's all
actually working out and the sun on your face is delicious and life is a
true joy. But the reality is It's an enormous amount of work that
requires two opposite kinds of personalities to pull off well...a grower
and a marketer. Lucky for me, I'm a Gemini. Sora at
Paradise Valley Organics zone 5
counting the days to cast removal
what can I say, if you think is fun try it with one hand.
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do it
, (continued)
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, Lynn Wigglesworth, 03/26/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do it,
Russell Bryant, 03/26/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, Lynn Wigglesworth, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do it,
Pat Meadows, 03/21/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, Wiediger, Alison, 03/21/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, E C GRANATA, 03/22/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 03/21/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, BCLuton, 03/20/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, Liz Pike, 03/21/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, cjmaness AT juno.com, 03/21/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do it, sora, 03/21/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do it,
Debbie Moore, 03/27/2008
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[Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
John Hendrickson, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Allan Balliett, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
John Hendrickson, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Allan Balliett, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 03/27/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers, Sharon and Steve, 03/27/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers, Allan Balliett, 03/27/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers, Sharon and Steve, 03/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Allan Balliett, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
John Hendrickson, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
Allan Balliett, 03/27/2008
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[Market-farming] Backpack sprayers,
John Hendrickson, 03/27/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers, Road's End Farm, 03/27/2008
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