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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?
- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:36:43 -0400
Depends on what your shares are. I
have two sizes, 5 and 10 items, an item being a bunch of carrots, bag of salad
mix, one large or two medium heads of lettuce, etc. Over half are the
small shares. I can do probably 100 on one acre. I have 2 ½ acres
in production, and was going to farmers market but just built farmstand.
I have never sold even half of what I grow. We also do a winter farmers
market off that 2 ½ acres. Small mind you. Gross sales have been
in the $75,000 for veggies and flowers. Beth Spaugh http://rhomestead.com
http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world
is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is
empty." - Frances Moore Lappe It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different
notion where the finish line is. - unknown From:
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Ehrlich about 40 per/acre intensively, ie less fallow On 2013-08-26, at 12:39 PM, quarter acre farm wrote:
How many CSA shares
can 1 acre provide? I'm
trying to figure out for future expansion plans. Right now I'm growing
on 1/2 acre and I have a 10 member 25 week CSA with 2 sizes of shares a
$20 Couple Share and $26 Family Share. I also sell at 1
farmers market and to 2 restaurants. I'm looking to
increase to 1 acre and drop the farmers market, so I'm trying to figure
out how many shares I could do then. My original
assumption was 20 members to an acre but I have been hearing from other farmers
that its more??? Thanks in advance for
all your words of wisdom, Andrea _______________________________________________ |
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[Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
quarter acre farm, 08/26/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 08/26/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
pech, 08/26/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
elaine granata, 08/28/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?, Andy Fellenz, 08/28/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
elaine granata, 08/28/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
pech, 08/26/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
John Ehrlich, 08/26/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?, Beth Spaugh, 08/26/2013
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- Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?, Mark Weinheimer, 08/26/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] How many CSA shares per acre?,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 08/26/2013
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