Market Farming

["Sharon and Steve" <shopkins AT tdstelme.net>]

. 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