nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio
List archive
- From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] FEDCO
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:06:32 -0500
Steve wrote; In a couple mile
radius from me I can't think of a farm that still has a vegetable garden
of consequence, and only one old couple that keeps chickens. The
number of farmers who actually dabble in horticulture of any sort is confined
to a few ex-hippy back-to-the-land types. The rest barely even consider
themselves to be farmers, sad to say--they are commodities producers. I know many farmers and the lack of family farm
vegetable gardens becomes obvious if you understand their motives and drives. Farmers
are practical, pragmatic people and time is their most precious commodity.
If it is more practical and inexpensive to buy vegetables and fruit they will. No
good farmer worth his corn would spend $100 of his time to end up with $25
worth of produce. The time invested in a vegetable garden is much better
spent on their cash crop. Farmers are pragmatic and practical to the bone. The
far greater percentages of farmers are not hippies, tree huggers, or
eco-zeolots they are simply small business men who work with agriculture.
The law of economics and pragmatism are their model. Do not look for
veggie gardens but “efficiencies” on a well operated farm. Sure you will find those willing to spend $100 in time
for $25 of tangible results but they are not farmers, they are hobbyists’. Later, Tom |
-
Re: [NAFEX] Schlabach"s nursery? other nursery problems,
John Bunker, 12/26/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] FEDCO,
loneroc, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] FEDCO,
Thomas Olenio, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] was FEDCO now farm&garden,
road's end farm, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] was FEDCO now farm&garden,
Thomas Olenio, 12/27/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] was FEDCO now farm&garden, road's end farm, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] was FEDCO now farm&garden,
Thomas Olenio, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] was FEDCO now farm&garden,
road's end farm, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] FEDCO,
Thomas Olenio, 12/27/2007
-
Re: [NAFEX] FEDCO,
loneroc, 12/27/2007
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.