Market Farming

["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

No; the first paragragh was quoting someone else...Lucy Owsley, I think.
The next town over from me is a college town, but several attempts at a
Farmers Market there have failed. As far as I know, they currently don't
have a Farmers Market.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Cowbridge Farm



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Eco Farm" <glenecofarm AT planetcomm.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Surviving


> Lynn,
> I am confused.  Are you now selling at college town markets?
> An educated clientale is beneficial to us.  The "buy local" trend is
really
> opening our market too.
> Christine Burkholder
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Surviving
>
>
> >> We do live in an area with a college town nearby and that has made
> >> all the difference for our business. We started trying to make a
> >> living in the town nearest to us (and where my husband's alma mater
> >> is located). Not enough interest in local foods I believe because the
> >> education level was pretty low other than the few folks' from Earlham
> >> that supported us. When a market opened up in the college town where
> >> i grew up and where my alma mater is located things Things started
> >> getting a lot better for us and we were able to quit our part time
> >> day jobs and focus on the farm. A second farmers market opened up in
> >> this town (which I was involved in creating and sat on the board for
> >> 2.5 years) on Saturdays that is a great market with tons of support,
> >> good management and exceptional growth.
> >
> > I wonder what make a good area for local food? Why are some areas
> > supportive and others not? I live in a rural area (my town, the county
> > seat, has about 3,000 people), and there isn't much interest in local
> > food. Some friends and I formed a group to support and educate about
local
> > food, but it was always the same small group of people who showed
> > interest.The vendors in my county's Farmers Markets are lucky to make
$50
> > on market day...there were days when some vendors didn't make enough
to
> > cover the $5 vendors' fee. Clearly something is wrong, but I don't
know
> > how to fix it.
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
> > Peasant Farmer
> > Tioga County, PA
> >
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