woodyw@juno.com Wrote:
| Dear Bill:
| Thanks for a good article with a nice image.
| You wrote: <<The farmer gets a mere 20 cents or 20 percent. The firms in the
middle get the rest. >>
| Are you sure about the figures here? If a farmer gets $5 for a 60# bushel
of wheat, that's 8 cents a pound; what does a one-pound box of wheaties
cost--3 bucks? *Maybe* the 20 percent is an average across all commodities.
The farmer's take on fresh produce might be that much...
| You final point, of course, is very well taken. We've got to broaden and
shorten that hourglass neck--and that's just what CSAs and Farmers' Markets
do.
| Woody
| woodyw@juno.com
| "There is no scarcity abiding in Nature;
| any scarcity we see is our own doing."
craig k. harris
dept of sociology 429b berkey hall
michigan state university east lansing michigan 48824-1111
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