paradox part 2

[charliep]

Within the larger stores, there is significant space allocated to organic products. This has potential to change the organic model as these same stores push to commitments for larger supplies and consistent access. The impact will be how the supply changes to meet these needs for larger volumes and consistent access. How the farm component of this supply responds will be interesting. Individual farm businesses with good record keeping and commitment process are as well suited if not better to satisfy these needs as a larger corportate one.

[parsley]

bgmb

That is true nothing that nothing is neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so. LOL.

Organic IS a niche. But let's talk about lasting power. LOL
Close your eyes. LOL

Thousands of little farmers, all specializing, not necessarily organic, but consciously hygenic, quality oriented, limited chems and pesticides, all farms forming like-minded, and like-markets alliances, rather like a NYC street.

Now think about one eventual huge, ONE EARTHlY farm professioaally managed, that ships raw commodities to China.

Which best fits into the CWB model?

Which one do you see yourself doing the best in?

Open your eyes.

[parsley]

brenda, I only sell, "lentil du puis"
so I have absolutely no idea what you speak of. Pars

[parsley]

And I agree people vote with their wallets.

The trick is this....as a farmer, how do you tuck the most money in YOUR purse, from out of the guy's wallet who buys groceries?

Sell him twice as many, because you grow twice as much, you say? Swallow. Grunt, grunt. lol

I say get him to WANT to pay more.

But that kind of logic is indeed incongruent with the advice of the experts you pay to advise you how to farm. Pars