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  • From: Brigette Leach <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] farmers' market forms
  • Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:54:15 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Breck,

If that were the case for our two small markets that we are trying to grow,
we wouldn't have any tree fruit or berries. In an area where there is all
kinds of fruit grown.

Brigette Leach
Avalon Farms Homegrown
Share of the Farm
www.avalonfarmshomegrown.net

-----Original Message-----
>From: breck <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
>Sent: Apr 11, 2008 10:17 AM
>To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [Market-farming] farmers' market forms
>
>
>
>Alison,
>You always have a way of expressing yourself that says what I'm thinking.
>The couple of markets I have participated in have allowed vendors to
>supplement their tables with a certain percentage of produce purchased from
>other local farmers. This is a joke for those few liars. We work to hard to
>grow quality produce to allow the unscrupulous to go to the produce terminal
>and buy California veggies and pawn them off as locally grown. I wished that
>all farmers markets would make their credo "You grow it, you can sell it".
>Breck
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wiediger,
>Alison
>Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:38 AM
>To: Market Farming
>Subject: Re: [Market-farming] farmers' market forms
>
>
> With this sentiment, I have to assume you have never been a grower
>trying to sell in season produce at a farmers market where many, if not
>most, of the vendors (can't call them farmers) were selling produce they
>bought at a nearby wholesale produce place, in another state, and
>calling it "homegrown". Then, behind the customers' backs, chortling
>over how stupid the customers were - after all, everything is grown at
>someone's home. Rules - oh yes, there were rule that "most" of the
>produce had to be grown by the seller. "Most" is impossible to monitor,
>the worst offenders (Liars!) ran (and still run) the market. Not about
>to take folks like that at their word. There will always be people who
>think they can break the rules, we had one at our market last year. He
>brought huge bell peppers the Saturday after he had been inspected and
>on inspection, he had just set pepper plants. If we had not inspected,
>we would have had to take him at his word - which would have been a lie.
>
>Growers don't mind an inspection - except maybe for the time involved
>which we try to keep as minimal as we can. We all know that re-sellers
>will ruin our market, many of us have been there, we won't allow it to
>happen. Some customers don't understand, some don't care, but many (and
>more all the time) do understand and care. We are "vetting" the grower
>so they can have confidence they are "buying local".
>
>If it is a farmers market, it should be producer only. If it is
>producer only, inspections keep the "producers" honest. Your pledge only
>works if all humans are honest - and they aren't.
>
>Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>
>
>If I cant be taken at my word and sell my product, they can kiss my fat,
>old, pimply, pink yankee arse. Years ago I stood many times and recited
>a pledge that, in part, said that "economic justice can best be won by
>free men through free enterprise". I cannot believe that the products of
>our modern public shool systems have turned their backs on such a noble
>sentiment.
>
>Bye Bye
>\
>MAsteveINE
>
>
>
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Brigette

Brigette L Leach
Avalon Farms
14302 East OP Ave
Climax MI 49034

Office: 269-746-4648
Fax: 269-746-4393
Cell: 269-720-2279
Email: avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net




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