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Re: CSA marketing ideas needed
Alison,
You post worldwide and get a reply from just down the street!
There is a book called <<The New Organic Grower>>, written by Eliot
Coleman and published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company of White River
Junction, Vermont (revised and expanded edition published 1995). It is
available through the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, 207-725-0690.
$19.95 paperback. It has some figures on the per-acre cost of managing a
small organic vegetable farm. Not scholarly, but apparently based on much
experience.
Jim Austin
In article <96115.093143APUTNA51@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, APUTNA51@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
says...
>
>I am comparing the economics of farmers markets and CSA share sales. The
probl
>em is that I don't know where to begin and would like some pointers. If
any
>one is currently doing one or both of these forms of marketing with
vegetables,
>I am interested in the amount of money that needs to be borrowed for
season
>start-up costs for 6 a. vegetables, 9 a. sweet corn, 8 a. potatoes and 500
>broiler chickens. This is for a final project in a class and I am unable
>to get any information from our library on the subject. Thank-you,
>Alison Putnam
>aputna51@maine.maine.edu
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