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  • From: "Sharon and Steve" <shopkins AT tdstelme.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] WIC! Wicked!
  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:26:52 -0400

. When a case of ramen
noodles costs the same as two peaches and your children have empty tummies
there really isn't a choice.


Kate

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As a matter of fact a case of ramen (24 x 12cents) is $2.88 and our peaches are something close to robbery.

Are we going to use that number when feeding our family for the week/month?

Do the numbers, at supermarket prices we have the growers money, the agents money, the truckers money, the stores money, and if we cant be profitable at something close to that we deserve to cry over the ladies with 2 peaches at the bushel price.

Organic dairy is crashing under the prices of grain and fuel, farmers are going back to conventional in droves, organic produce is rotting on local store shelves with 10 oz of spinach at $7.00, and with fuel pushing $4 per gallon it will be an interesting summer watching the markets.

MAsteveINE









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