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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 07:26:27 -0500
I would contend that you are earning an hourly rate. Of
course, you can decide for yourself what that means. But if you took a job
somewhere else at an hourly wage, you would expect every hour to be compensated
at that wage. In your market farm enterprise, you should expect "compensation"
for every hour you put into it too. The alternative job is always an option.
However, I think it's perfectly fine to be reconciled with the fact you're
putting in 3500 hours of work per year and netting $35,000. There are so many
ancillary benefits to market farming (lifestyle, health, pretty good food
security, a grateful customer base, beautiful summer sunrises, you name it!)
that they compensate for an enormous amount of money. I just think it's
important that we recognize the economic options as well as lifestyle
options.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food
Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II,
Krystle, 05/01/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II, John Ferree, 05/01/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II, Willie McKemie, 05/01/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II, Bill Shoemaker, 05/01/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II,
clearviewfarm, 05/01/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II,
John Ferree, 05/01/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II, John Hendrickson, 05/02/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II,
John Ferree, 05/01/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Why do It II, sora, 05/01/2008
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