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Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
Started this discussion. Last reply by MyBackAchers Farm Jun 29, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Hello all,We are a small farm in our first year of farming. When we originally did our market research and set our prices, we were unable to find a local source or organic feed. We raise pastured…Continue
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MyBackAchers Farm replied to Full of Graze Farm's discussion Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
East West Farm replied to Full of Graze Farm's discussion Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
"I suggest that in the mean time, you do what you must to make the farm pay. If you're not turning a decent profit, then you've got nothing more than a really expensive, labor intensive hobby. When people question why you don't feed…"
MyBackAchers Farm replied to Full of Graze Farm's discussion Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
"Hi Full of Graze!
Good topic and we struggled with the decision of whether to get into raising pastured birds or not over the winter and found the price of grain was our biggest obstacle. We found the price of the bird ($1), the price to feed…"
Stablefood replied to Full of Graze Farm's discussion Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
"Have you talked to your customers? Find out how important "local " is to them, I would think that the organic is tops. If organic feed can be found putside your locale, then go fo it. Or is the problem just the price of organics? We have…"
Megan Hutchison replied to Full of Graze Farm's discussion Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
"Where do you live? Might ask around and start talking to growers. I work with a farm guild and we were able to a grower that was willing to start selling their non-GMO home made feed to us for a really good price, and we found another…"
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Deciding to feed all Local Organic Feed means needing to Raise prices?
Hello all,We are a small farm in our first year of farming. When we originally did our market research and set our prices, we were unable to find a local source or organic feed. We raise pastured poultry, pastured pork, free range eggs and free range turkey. To begin, we are new to the region of Southwestern Ohio. We have studied eatwild and local farmers markets to get our price range, crunched some numbers. All of this was based on other local feed sources. To feed all organically our price…See More
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Home and Free on the Range
What is a free-range egg from a "pastured hen" and why should you switch from conventional, store-bought eggs to the kind your great-grandmother used to collect in her backyard? For oh so many reasons, but primarily because they are better for your health, produced in a more humane way, and their production helps rather than hurts the environment. 1) Do not confuse true free-range eggs from pastured hens with store-bought eggs labeled "cage free" or "free range".Nearly any…See More
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Our new piglets rooting
Our new piglets settled in within minutes and were rooting for the grass under the straw. Most likely the best day of their lives thus far!
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Home and Free on the Range
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 1:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
What is a free-range egg from a "pastured hen" and why should you switch from conventional, store-bought eggs to the kind your great-grandmother used to collect in her backyard? For oh so many reasons, but primarily because they are better for your health, produced in a more humane way, and their production helps rather than hurts the environment.
1) Do not confuse true free-range eggs from pastured hens with store-bought eggs labeled "cage free"…
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