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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Why do it
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:39:54 -0500

Wow, what a nice site! Thanks, Brett.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Cowbridge Farm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Olson" <brett AT rtcinfo.org>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Why do it


Hi Lynn,

We have been gathering stories of successful farmers and others in
rural America for a few years and archived them on
www.renewingthecountryside.org You may find someone there that can
share their model for success. Best wishes and take care, Brett



brett olson
creative director
renewing the countryside
782 hague ave
st. paul, mn 55104

651.293.1172
www.renewingthecountryside.org


On Mar 26, 2008, at 7:28 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> From: "Glen Eco Farm" :
>
>> One problem is producing a small >volume and not being very
>> mechanized.
>> In larger businesses (including farms) >there are more investment
>> costs
> and one >person cannot begin as owner/operator; >unless the owner
> such as
> a parent allows >a son to gradually gain ownership.
>
> I think the start-up cost of farming is the biggest problem. My ex
> and I
> bought a small farm, then we divorced and I re-financed the
> mortgage and
> bought out his half of the farm...my expenses are now sky-high and my
> income is low. Some elements of my farm (beef sales, for example) are
> working, but not well enough to earn even a meager living. Right
> now child
> support and hand-outs from my mother are keeping the farm (barely)
> solvent. I do direct sales through a farmstand; if I have to get an
> off-farm job, there won't be the time or energy to farm or sell what I
> produce.
>
> I keep thinking it's time to give up, but farming gets in your
> blood; it's
> like an addiction. Like the original poster wrote, I don't
> understand why
> it doesn't work, but the same people who spend lots money on junk food
> (this is NOT a health-conscious area) won't pay $1.50/dozen for
> free range
> eggs (I lost a LOT of egg customers last year when I raised my
> price to
> $1.50/dz...at that price I only make pennies/doz).
>
> I'd love to see an example of a profitable small farm that I could
> emulate....are there people who can make a living farming/market
> gardening? The numbers just don't crunch for me.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Peasant Farmer
> Tioga County, PA
>
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Hi Lynn,


We have been gathering stories of successful farmers and others in rural
America for a few years and archived them on
www.renewingthecountryside.org You may find someone there that can share
their model for success. Best wishes and take care, Brett






brett olson
creative director
renewing the countryside
782 hague ave
st. paul, mn 55104


651.293.1172
www.renewingthecountryside.org




On Mar 26, 2008, at 7:28 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:


From: "Glen Eco Farm" :


One problem is producing a small >volume and not being very
mechanized.
In larger businesses (including farms) >there are more investment
costs
and one >person cannot begin as owner/operator; >unless the owner such
as
a parent allows >a son to gradually gain ownership.


I think the start-up cost of farming is the biggest problem. My ex and I
bought a small farm, then we divorced and I re-financed the mortgage and
bought out his half of the farm...my expenses are now sky-high and my
income is low. Some elements of my farm (beef sales, for example) are
working, but not well enough to earn even a meager living. Right now
child
support and hand-outs from my mother are keeping the farm (barely)
solvent. I do direct sales through a farmstand; if I have to get an
off-farm job, there won't be the time or energy to farm or sell what I
produce.


I keep thinking it's time to give up, but farming gets in your blood;
it's
like an addiction. Like the original poster wrote, I don't understand
why
it doesn't work, but the same people who spend lots money on junk food
(this is NOT a health-conscious area) won't pay $1.50/dozen for free
range
eggs (I lost a LOT of egg customers last year when I raised my price to
$1.50/dz...at that price I only make pennies/doz).


I'd love to see an example of a profitable small farm that I could
emulate....are there people who can make a living farming/market
gardening? The numbers just don't crunch for me.


Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA


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