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- From: Andy Fellenz <fellenz AT fltg.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] $90k per acre
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:05:34 -0400
Sure you can make $90K/acre, especially if you extrapolate from a 44X60
foot plot, or even from 14 44X60 intensively managed plots. One thing
to remember is that gross revenues get the headlines, but net revenues
are what pays your bills. What I did not see in the write-up was any
discussion of labor costs to manage the micro scale polyculture system
the professor is trialing or how he is doing his marketing. Marketing
is critical with this style system as you are counting on retail
pricing and will never have much of any one thing at a time. I grow more than 50 different fruits and vegetables each year on <10 acres and do intercropping with annual vegetables mixed into my orchard. I have found as I have scaled up from an ~1/2 acre market garden that designing for efficient utilization of labor and equipment makes a bigger difference on the bottom line than to try to cram as much as you can into a small area. Andy www.FellenzFamilyFarm.com Christian wrote: 347899.6804.qm AT web33008.mail.mud.yahoo.com" type="cite"> |
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[Market-farming] $90k per acre,
Christian, 04/22/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] $90k per acre, lucy Owsley, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] $90k per acre, Pat Meadows, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] $90k per acre,
Andy Fellenz, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] $90k per acre, Richard Stewart, 04/25/2008
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