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"jill" > wrote:

> At only 2% of the population, you bet we farmers get bullied and pushed
> around a lot. This is why I beg people to open their eyes: at this rate
> small family farms could cease to exist in a few decades: and if that
> happens, there will be no no choice but exhorbidant prices and/or bad
> food. The other option is to grow some of your food. Ya know Omelet, if
> you were my neighbor I would probably give you some of that wonderful
> fresh lettuce I could not get to market to sell yesterday. Moral of the
> story is: it would be really nice if people would start to sing that
> old song en-mass "Where have all the Farmers gone?" It's a good
> question for politicians.In the Meantime, localharvest.org has a really
> good list of some of them. I would be the one that's Cedar Hill Farm in
> Minnesota
> jill stardust
>

The one problem that I've run into trying to grow my own here is the
cost of water.... I've saved money by cutting back drastically on my
gardening attempts. :-(

Since I have to pay the city by the gallon, it's cheaper to purchase
veggies than to grow them.

<sigh>
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