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Farmers Markets, the Next Generation
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Farmers Markets, the Next Generation

Food – As farmers age and retire, markets need new blood. A new generation of growers is appearing: idealistic newcomers, immigrants and family following in their parents' footsteps.

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Rating: +8 (+8/-0) | 2008-05-07 09:38:16
GHOSTWHOWALKS
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Best danged idea ever invented. Great for the pocket books of both the farmer and the consumer.

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Rating: +4 (+4/-0) | 2008-05-07 15:01:17
DropkickaLib
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We buy our dog treats at a farmer's market. A lady bakes them herself. Beats the Chinese alternative.

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Rating: +6 (+6/-0) | 2008-05-07 10:09:31
Eagle Eye
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We look forward to every Sunday going to the farmers market.

We also are going to be growing "certified" organic veggies and edible flowers on our new property as a retirement investment, so I think this is also a good thing for retired people to do.

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-05-07 12:16:12
Dionys
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"We also are going to be growing "certified" organic veggies and edible flowers on our new property as a retirement investment, "

Do it for the love of growing, for producing wonderful food but please, please, please do not ever count on it as a retirement investment. Make other plans that will cover you if (when) your crop "investment" falls short.

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Rating: +4 (+4/-0) | 2008-05-07 13:00:12
Eagle Eye
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We are only doing it as a "hobby" since hubby grows an awesome garden and we have more than we could ever eat. Our retirement funds are well secured, this is to keep him out of my feathers and nest all day.

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Rating: +6 (+6/-0) | 2008-05-07 13:18:29
Dionys
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Sounds wonderful. We grow extra crops & donate them along with our extra eggs to our local food banks which are always under-funded and under-supplied.

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-05-07 18:31:24
Scrimshaw
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Make other plans...if (when) your crop "investment" falls short.

That would be called a "cash crop" in my neck-o-the-woods.

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-05-07 12:48:48
quackpot
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Knowing how hard the people work to bring produce to my local farmer's market, I know that there is no way that I could do it, and I am quite fit.

The only way that I would even consider it in retirement would be as a partnership with a young couple where the young couple could use the land for next to nothing.

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-05-07 15:21:19
thaifruits
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I love farmers markets - although a recent trend has been that more and more people try to come in who are not farmers, or making the stuff they sell themselves. I think we should draw a line there, otherwise farmers markets are gonna turn into THEME-PARKED-SHOPPINGCENTERS.

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-05-07 15:42:57
AntiNeoCon
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Great idea, the farmers here set up shop at the fairgrounds weekly and sell fresh fruit and veggies cheaper than the supermarket. And they are grown right here in the USA.

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-05-07 18:34:44
Scrimshaw
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I don't know, sounds an awful lot like that "cap........m" word.

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-05-07 16:21:48
markmawn2
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I'm already there. Our local Sunday street markets sells everything from locally made cheeses, pastries, drinking chocolate, troll caught canned Tuna and Salmon, grass fed beef, to the usual seasonal veggies. Leaks are in now. Anyone need to take a Leak?

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-05-07 17:45:25
ZigiMe
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Community and Family are the strength of core platform.

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-05-07 22:12:46
canadianrancher57
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I enjoy going to farmers markets and have tried to encourage my kids to try and grow corn or potatoes to sell, we grow saskatoons to sell and if you have the patience to pick them they are worth 18 dollars for a one gallon icecream bucket full. I like to sell meat direct to people but we are not allowed to sell meat at the market. My advice to people is if you enjoy gardening it's OK but don't quit your paying job.

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-05-08 00:30:38
ranchhand
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Neo this is one story I won't sink. Its a good one.

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