Market Farming

[John Ferree <john AT seldomseenfarm.com>]

How are other people dealing with the falling dollar and dramatic input
price increases?  With fuel alone we've seen shipping go through the
roof, but now with the dollar hitting record lows. . . what is the
potental impact?  Especially with younger farms that don't have
established costs per acre.  I'm no economist.  I can pass my cost
increases at market, but don't totally follow how some other economic
factors will impact us.    

BTW, non-organic local eggs just got upped in indianapolis to 4$/dzn due
to commodity feed prices - 1$/dzn jump

john
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> I have real hope that this year will be our best year ever by far.
> People are scared of the industrial food system, food prices are
> rising by leaps and bounds making my prices look down right cheap
> (even if I raise them 25% to 50% this year). people are turning to
> local farmers in droves, at least in my area, and I suspect the
> biggest problem we will have is not having enough produce to supply
> the demand. 
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> Lucy Goodman
> Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
> Eaton, OH
> http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com
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