http://www.allbeforecoffee.com/2009/08/30/prices-rising/ Not just coffee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:06:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.allbeforecoffee.com/2009/08/30/prices-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-198 admin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:06:23 +0000 http://www.allbeforecoffee.com/?p=2522#comment-198 It's a real ying and yang. Without consumer support, as in cash to sustain the farmer, through a CSA, the farmer often has little chance of making it. With cash as with any loan whether trade or direct goods, the risk factor is high. Sorry to hear your farmer story. Unfortunately, there are so many similar ones. Stay with the local farm market and farm stand for the rest of the season. Maybe at the beginning of 2010, you'll be able to find a farmer who'll be able to sustain himself and your family. It’s a real ying and yang. Without consumer support, as in cash to sustain the farmer, through a CSA, the farmer often has little chance of making it. With cash as with any loan whether trade or direct goods, the risk factor is high. Sorry to hear your farmer story. Unfortunately, there are so many similar ones. Stay with the local farm market and farm stand for the rest of the season. Maybe at the beginning of 2010, you’ll be able to find a farmer who’ll be able to sustain himself and your family.

]]> http://www.allbeforecoffee.com/2009/08/30/prices-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-197 suzy rieber Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:03:25 +0000 http://www.allbeforecoffee.com/?p=2522#comment-197 we would love to support a csa here and have been making a 20 minute drive each way once a week to do so. However, this past weekend, in the middle of the cycle, our farmer told us he's sold the farm and moving out of state. DH and I have a bet on a bottle of two buck chuck that we'll never see the rest of our money he promised to pay back. The point is, we tried to support locally and he couldn't hold up his end of the bargain. Some of the items we got from him were rotten and substandard and we were pretty disappointed. On the other hand, our csa in IL was dynamite. maybe it comes in waves? we would love to support a csa here and have been making a 20 minute drive each way once a week to do so. However, this past weekend, in the middle of the cycle, our farmer told us he’s sold the farm and moving out of state. DH and I have a bet on a bottle of two buck chuck that we’ll never see the rest of our money he promised to pay back. The point is, we tried to support locally and he couldn’t hold up his end of the bargain. Some of the items we got from him were rotten and substandard and we were pretty disappointed. On the other hand, our csa in IL was dynamite. maybe it comes in waves?

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