Posted by fastline on August 29, 2013 at 10:10:27 from (99.13.20.112):
We are going to change our farm into sort of a "specialty farm" growing more labor intensive products. One of which may be strawberries. They require a very extreme amount of labor but hoping the gains will pay off. However, having a crop is one thing, selling it is quite another and I don't think farmers markets are going to cut it. Many farms have Upick but I simply know that there are more people that enjoy eating crops more than they enjoy picking them. Especially in 100* heat.
I would really like to get our product directly to the mouths and forgo the large chain of screwings such as wholesalers, dist, retailer, etc but that may be the only way to dump a very perishable product. I would certainly be open to a walk in freezer though if we need to do that.
While on the subject, I would openly invite ideas for crops that require some processing and a bit more labor, but much better gains. A 40 acre farm just cannot make it on selling wheat to the coop. Fighting through hay sales is a dead end job as well for us.
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