Market Farming

["Brigette Leach" <afhg AT ctsmail.net>]



Can't agree with you, Alex. More than 97% of farms in the U.S. are family owned, regardless of size or legal structure. Most of the family owned entities who function as LLC's or other structures labeled as corporate do so for tax purposes, e.g. estate taxes, or to limit exposure to liability risks. Nothing to do with size. Nothing to do with whether they offer superior product or not.

 

Brigette

SW Michigan

----- Original Message -----

From: waldenfarm

To: Market Farming

Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:29 AM

Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Egg prices

Maybe the bone of contention here is who you define as a "farmer." I think there are 2 sectors of food production in this country: farmers and the corporate food producer/processor complex. One strives to produce a superior product, the other to make as much profit as possible.

 

Alex McGregor

Walden Farm

SE TN

 

----- Original Message -----

From: clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com

To: Market Farming

Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:23 PM

Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Egg prices

Sorry Steve, but, I can't help but chime in here.  If all American farmers are "providing the cleanest, most nutritious and interesting, cheapest diet the world has ever seen.", then why are people buying Phil's eggs for $4/dozen and paying me $4-5/dozen?  I have a real problem with the largest (or one of the largest) egg producers in IA being called the cleanest; that is, the one who has such trouble providing a safe egg and for that matter, one that tastes anywhere near as good as one that is TRULY free-range, not just from hens that are "allowed access" to the outdoors (sorry USDA).  Call me political if you wish, but I claim that I am talking about what all of us "market farmers" should be talking about to our customers or at least striving to attain, that our products are the best out there, bar none.

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