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  • From: Jack Moffitt <jackmoffitt AT gmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Can't Sell My Produce (Etienne Goyer)
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:37:28 -0500

I agree with the market estimates by the prior writers. You are working with 5% of a population, with adjustments for cultural differences. Our Market towns are 125,000; 40,000; and 5,000(tourist town). The number of "buying" patrons each week is almost identical at each stop. It takes all 3 to sell out, and we do every week! None of the smaller communities have been able to get a sustainable market and few farmers make it without doing 1 or more of these 3.

In other words, I'd say we are at the bottom of the threshold, population wise. 

As far as converts from 'factory food', that is probably 2% of sales and I find it a waste of my time to prosletize (sp?).

Jack Moffitt - Tex Mex border 


  • Re: [Market-farming] Can't Sell My Produce (Etienne Goyer), Jack Moffitt, 07/12/2011

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