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


OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article . com>,
> "jill" > wrote:
>
> > Buy local from farmers: fresh, better tasting than grocery chains,
> > saves on gas, good for the local economy.
> > jill stardust
>
> If I can find them...
> The city keeps relocating them!
> --
> Peace!
> Om
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
> -- Jack Nicholson

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
>
Unfortunately all of the marketing by big companies creates the idea
that small businesses in general are incompetent, incabable and maybe
even evil. When the truth is that is where to go to get the best quality
and service.

"jill" > wrote in news:1151870433.476771.259800@
75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> "Where have all the Farmers gone?"


From a baby until about 10 years old we used to spend the summers on an
organic farm (probably 500 acres or so). Nothing fresher that fresh milk
every morning for breakfast with fresh eggs and corn right off the stalk,
etc. Ringing the farm bell, after gathering eggs and milking the cows, to
wake up everybody...

Sad problem was the farmers kids wanted nothing to do with the farm biz
so he had to sell it to some yuppies who also wanting nothing to do with
farming and turned the main house into a nightclub or something and
abondoned everything else. Last I heard it had changed hands again.

It's only about two hours away but I'd rather keep my memories and not
risk pulling into a walmart or something

Andy

That's true here too. It is extremely hard work, many farm kids just
could not make a go of it, and many who still do farm also have to work
another job to make ends meet. I thank God every day that I still get
to eak out a living (barely) on this farm And I'm afraid we are all so
entrenched in the fast fix corporate bs that pretty soon we will not
have choices. If you are ever in the area, stop by, I hope we will be
too.
jill stardust

Andy wrote:
> "jill" > wrote in news:1151870433.476771.259800@
> 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
> > "Where have all the Farmers gone?"
>
>
> From a baby until about 10 years old we used to spend the summers on an
> organic farm (probably 500 acres or so). Nothing fresher that fresh milk
> every morning for breakfast with fresh eggs and corn right off the stalk,
> etc. Ringing the farm bell, after gathering eggs and milking the cows, to
> wake up everybody...
>
> Sad problem was the farmers kids wanted nothing to do with the farm biz
> so he had to sell it to some yuppies who also wanting nothing to do with
> farming and turned the main house into a nightclub or something and
> abondoned everything else. Last I heard it had changed hands again.
>
> It's only about two hours away but I'd rather keep my memories and not
> risk pulling into a walmart or something
>
> Andy

In article . com>,
"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>
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article . com>,
"jill" > wrote:

> I would be the one that's Cedar Hill Farm in
> Minnesota

Jill, do you ever get down to the St. Paul Farmer's Market?

sd