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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [Market-farming] shopping for new markets
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 01:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
I've been involved in three markets so far in my fledgling farm
career. One was marvelous but too far away, one was close but too small
and populated by a whole lot of crafts and resellers. One was experimental
and shut down only half-way through its first season. That one was run by
an organization that has another market, same town but different day and
location, which is actually one of our county's stronger markets (it might
actually be the strongest). While I was at the experimental market, I
was invited to attend the bigger one as well. We didn't have enough
production at that point so I said thanks but no thanks. With another
market season well along and a few more lessons learned along the way, I'm
starting to mull whether I should explore attending that larger market next
year. It's got some definite pro's and con's to consider, including a
number of items from the "how to kill a market" list which circulated here not
too long ago. But it's also running strong and has been for a number
of years now. So how do you folks evaluate whether to attend any
given market? I sure don't want to make plans now for next year at that
market, only to end up sending an email this time next year wailing "oh, GAWD, I
was so dumb to think this would work!" Wish I could find a market that
combined all the ideal conditions, but this one might be the next best
thing. Suggestions for how to prove out the idea?
Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA |
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[Market-farming] shopping for new markets,
KAKerby, 08/02/2011
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] shopping for new markets, SaladG, 08/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] shopping for new markets, KAKerby, 08/02/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] shopping for new markets, Debbie Moore, 08/03/2011
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