Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 00:50:00 -0500 From: Larry London Organic Products Market Information Sources: ============================================ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 21:35:12 -0700 (MST) From: "G. Michael Horton" Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." I recently ran across the following information. The Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News was recently awarded a grant from the USDA/Federal State Market Improvement Program to improve their Organic Market Information Delivery System. They currently publish the Organic Market News, a comprehensive wholesale price report of organically grown gresh fruit, herbs and vegetables 21 times a year. Subscriptions are available in hard copy by US Mail for $65.00 per year, fax with the USA for $75. The internet address is: FarmerNet@AOL.com Snail mail is: Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News PO Box 2067 Santa Clara, Ca. 95055-2067 (408) 247-6778 ext 3 Fax (408) 247-5823 Hope this helps. I have also been able to obtain prices--somewhat sporadically--on PenPages. - From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" Organization: Crop Science, The Univ. of Guelph To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 01:32:55 EDT Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. My only suggestion would be a local organic grain marketing cooperative called ONTARBIO. They market extensively in Europe, and indeed, many of the members are 0-1 generations removed from Europe themselves. ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca Dr. E. Ann Clark Associate Professor Crop Science University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508 FAX: 519 763-8933 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 09:55:05 -0800 (PST) From: Sal Schettino To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Cc: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu, "Jill Auburn University of Cal." , sustag-public@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. Check with Jill Auburn jsauburn@ucdavis.edu she is working of a organic price list. I have seen it and its improving all the time. Now it has LA commerical prices along with organic produce prices. They have some of the big organic buyers giving both the prices they pay and the prices they charge. A great idea. If Jill is watching she can fill us in on the details. This is a great source of market prices for us organic farmers in Cal. . I think you can get a subscribtion faxed or mailed or even internet access . > Could anyone point me to any source(s) (Internet, BBS, phone, US-mail) > of U.S. and overseas market price information for organically-grown > products (certified, clean-raised, pesticide-free, chemical-free or > transitional)? Sal Schettino,Organic Farmer,don't panic eat organic,sals@rain.org or check out my homepage: http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html From paninfopubs@igc.apc.org Date: 10 Oct 94 12:00 PDT From: PANNA InfoPubs To: "Recipients of conference panna.panups" Newsgroups: panna.panups Subject: PANUPS: First US Organic Farmer Sur >From: PANNA InfoPubs ===================================== P A N U P S *** Pesticide Action Network North America Updates Service ===================================== Results Released from First U.S. Survey of Organic Farmers October 10, 1994 In July 1994, the California-based Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) released the final results of the first national survey of certified organic farmers in the United States. The survey identified the research and educational priorities of U.S. organic farmers and collected valuable demographic data on the size and scope of organic farming operations. The eight page survey was mailed to over 2,700 certified organic farmers representing 54 verification agencies, and generated 550 responses from growers in 39 states. "The results of this survey will help clarify a number of questions continually raised about the organic farming industry," said Bob Scowcroft, OFRF's executive director. "We expect to develop a set of research priorities from this survey and present them to key policy makers at the state and federal level," he added. Survey results showed that organic farmersU priorities for research span a wide range of topics including how to increase consumer demand for organic products, the relationship of growing practices to crop quality and nutrition, and the relationship between plant nutrition and resistance to pests. Other high-priority research topics include crop rotation, soil biology, public policy, marketing, habitat management and other approaches to pest control, and cover crops and green manures. Over 60% of the farmers surveyed grow vegetables; at least one-fourth grow herbs, tree fruit, field crops, root crops, flowers or vine fruit. Livestock are most frequently used as a fertilizer source for use on the farm, and somewhat less often as a primary or secondary source of income. The median number of commodities grown by organic farmers is between six and ten, though more than 20% indicated that they grow over 25 commodities. The organic farms surveyed were primarily family farms: 84% of respondents are sole proprietors or family partnerships. Almost one-fourth of the farmers made 76-100% of their 1992 net family income from farming; however, nearly half made 25% or less. The median gross income in 1992 from the farms surveyed was $15,000 to $30,000, though approximately one- fifth of the farms grossed $100,000 or more. Survey respondents have been farming an average of sixteen years and ten years organically. Three-fourths are male, and the average age is 45 years. Nearly two-thirds have completed college, and almost one-fifth hold graduate degrees in subjects ranging from anthropology to zoology. Source: 1993 National Organic FarmersU Survey, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Summer 1994. Contact: Bob Scowcroft, Organic Farming Research Foundation, P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; phone (408) 426-6606; fax (408) 426-6670. | PANNA | for standard information | | Phone:(415) 541-9140 | about PANNA send a short | | Fax:(415) 541-9253 | email message to | | email: panna@econet.apc.org | panna-info@econet.apc.org | | gopher: gopher.igc.apc.org | | - Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 22:34:46 -0500 (EST) From: Beth Spaugh Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Please forward info to me. I had a request for this info just Thursday. Our state organic group had referred them to me, so apparently they don't have good info on prices. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beth Spaugh CENET: bspaugh Cornell Cooperative Extension, INTERNET: bspaugh@cce.cornell.edu Clinton County VOICE: 518-561-7450 6064 Route 22 FAX: 518-561-0183 Plattsburgh NY 12901 - From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" Organization: Crop Science, The Univ. of Guelph To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 10:34:53 EDT Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. My contacts with ONTARBIO are: Mike Pembry 905-838-2800; he is a biodynamic farmer and journalist; he will know the right phone number for ONTARBIO Ted Zettle 519 366-9982; he is an organic dairy farmer and one of the leading lights in the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario. He and about 15 others just got an organic cheese factory in production - all done legally under the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. He is also active with ONTARBIO and could get you a number, but he may be harder to reach than Pembry. Good luck. Ann ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca Dr. E. Ann Clark Associate Professor Crop Science University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508 FAX: 519 763-8933 - Reply-To: apforz@pfood.win.net (Carl A Pforzheimer) To: london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 11:31:06 Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. From: apforz@pfood.win.net (Carl A Pforzheimer) You might want to call Keith at Northeast Co-ops in Boston, at 617 389 9032 and ask him this. They are organic-only market wholesalers. Andy Pforzheimer - Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 21:35:12 -0700 (MST) From: "G. Michael Horton" Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." I recently ran across the following information. The Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News was recently awarded a grant from the USDA/Federal State Market Improvement Program to improve their Organic Market Information Delivery System. They currently publish the Organic Market News, a comprehensive wholesale price report of organically grown gresh fruit, herbs and vegetables 21 times a year. Subscriptions are available in hard copy by US Mail for $65.00 per year, fax with the USA for $75. The internet address is: FarmerNet@AOL.com Snail mail is: Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News PO Box 2067 Santa Clara, Ca. 95055-2067 (408) 247-6778 ext 3 Fax (408) 247-5823 Hope this helps. I have also been able to obtain prices--somewhat sporadically--on PenPages. Mike Horton - Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 18:47:47 -0800 (PST) From: Sal Schettino To: Larry London Subject: Forwarded mail.... Sal Schettino,Organic Farmer,don't panic eat organic,sals@rain.org or check out my homepage: http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 22:15:23 -0800 From: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu From: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu (Jill Auburn) Subject: Organic Price Report Re: Sal Schettino's posting to contact me re: organic price information, a better contact is FarmerNet@aol.com which is producing an Organic Wholesale Price Report that is a continuation/successor to the organic market news (OMNIS) that I used to be associated with. See the FarmerNet posting to sanet-mg of 1/13/95 or send email to FarmerNet@aol.com Jill Auburn jsauburn@ucdavis.edu