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- From: Liz Pike <liz AT marketfarmshoptalk.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] Happy Anniversary List!!
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:23:35 -0500
10
years ago today this list came to life! Huge hugs all around for the
loyalty of our subscribers--many of whom have been here all
along--quite a feat by internet standards. Even
though I've never met you, I feel like y'all are old friends! Heartfelt
thanks go out to Marcie Rosenzweig (Market Farm Forms) who had
the foresight to start this community from the original CSA-L list from
PrairieNet.
Over the past 10 years, the internet has evolved and email lists are slowly becoming the dinosaur for online communication. Especially with the younger generation. With email lists too insular to reach this next facebooking, tweeting, texting generation of potential farmers, the need to carry our discussions out where they can find them is paramount. So in celebration of this 10th year anniversary, and while I recovered from back surgery & contemplated my own farming future, I put my coding, programming & graphic design skills to work to create an extension of the list on the web. The site puts out the information shared on the list to a wider audience while providing an easier format for list members to find older information (as opposed to wading through the list archives). The site also provides:
You might find some duplication on the site, such as the current thread on deer fencing sidetracking onto using dogs to ward off deer. Sub-topics are given their own "article" space as well as copied into the original thread to make finding the information easier The site is still evolving, some categories are empty as I haven't gotten to those topics in the archives. Eventually all 10 years worth of the archives will be copied there. I'm starting with the most recent posts and going backwards, season by season, so information is applicable for whatever season in which you're growing. If you're not where you can access your email to get to the list, you can go to the site for the most recent discussions which are always on the front page under Today's Topics. The placeholder images seen on the site now will be replaced with real photographs as I receive them from subscribers and readers. A picture is worth a 1000 words, and I've always intended to create a place for photographical essays for growers to cut short the information-gathering time. I have lots of interviews scheduled throughout the year, too, so new information of particular interest to market farmers will be available to read there also (& not from the typical "celebrity" farmers we hear from so often!). With the explosive growth of social media, now is the time to reach out to the future farmers who'll continue our work (something that became even more painfully apparent after my back problems last year). Without further adieu, here's the site: Market Farm Shop Talk http://marketfarmshoptalk.com. (Disclaimer: If you encounter a bug (ha! perfect pun for farmers!!), let me know so I can fix it...it is after all a website, guaranteed to thrill and frustrate whoever reads it and builds it--just like farming!) Liz Pike MF List Administrator http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farm Shop Talk http://marketfarmshoptalk.com List FAQs http://marketfarmshoptalk.com/market-farming-email-list-faqs/ |
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[Market-farming] Happy Anniversary List!!,
Liz Pike, 01/24/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Happy Anniversary List!!, Bill Bradshaw, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Happy Anniversary List!!,
Brett Olson, 01/24/2010
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[Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
Richard Stewart, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
Maggie Palmer, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
prmsdlndfrm, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
BarbaraJ, 01/24/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse, prmsdlndfrm, 01/24/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse, MAsteveINE, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
Seasons Eatings Farm, 01/24/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse, Richard Stewart, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
BarbaraJ, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
prmsdlndfrm, 01/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
Maggie Palmer, 01/24/2010
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[Market-farming] USDA Hoophouse,
Richard Stewart, 01/24/2010
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