allow me to explain fully, if a local csa costs more than a regional csa it could affect the market price, or encourage someone else to also start a higher priced business. $800 is less than three a day, but can someone or a family live off csa only? my eexperience has been no. capitalism breeds waste, in any and every form. it also encourages cheap products. for instance gmo organics over heirloom. social capitalism? no, capitalism encourages competition. we will soon be entering into a food shortage, need i remind you.
a bit of history, when the pilgrims were starving they ate their dead. we could be encouraging low cost (and no cost) local food production. check out city slicker farms in oakland for an alternative cityslickerfarms.org. On 1/3/09, Diana Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Questions: Is $800 a year a lot? Compared to what? That's about $20 per > week for 40 weeks, about $3 a day. How much do people spend on food per > week? What do people et with $3 a day? > > There seems to be some misunderstanding about Capitalism. Capitalism is > not all bad. However, it is bad when you have free trade, and when you have > competitions, then the costs are kept low. May the lowest bidders win! > Greed is when money is in the hand of a few people, and everyone else is > dirt poor. Then everyone else is angry. > > Is it possible to ever have Socialist Capitalism? > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > *Kindness in words creates confidence. > Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. > Kindness in giving creates love. > *- Lao Tzu > > "*Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; * > *courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.*"* * > - Winston Churchill > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > --- On *Sat, 1/3/09, the john doe experience <[email protected]>*wrote: > > From: the john doe experience <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Milwaukee's First Roof-Top Farm Offers > CSAShares. > To: "James Godsil" <[email protected]>, "Community GardenNational" < > [email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 5:16 PM > > let all be fine and well, > two predictions; > 1). your precident will encourage others to increase food costs. > 2). as a result of increased food costs others will compete and offer > food grown from rooftops at increased costs. > > so is it better to charge more for local produce? letts ask again in five > years > > On 1/3/09, James Godsil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Inspired by Will Allen's Growing Power methods and using Growing > Power's > > compost... > > > > Community Growers has inaugurated Milwaukee's first *roof-top farm*. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsAUS86J7E > > > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Main/ErikLindberg > > > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/CommunityGrowers/HomePage > > > > We are now offering a limited number of CSA shares for 2009… > > $800 per share. > > > > Our weekly shares will be comprised of a full range of vegetables and > herbs > > grown on the Community Building and Restoration building on N. Palmer > St., > > just south of Capitol. These will be the freshest vegetables available. > > > > Imagine the Possibilities > > > > This year's subscription will cost $800. Because of our limited space > and > > the unique nature of our endeavor, the cost of our shares may be on the > high > > end for local CSAs, but we hope to offset this additional cost with a > longer > > season, due to our ability to erect a greenhouse over our planting area > at > > the beginning and end of the growing season. As of November 5th, we were > > still harvesting tomatoes and peppers, broccoli and cauliflower, as well > as > > a host of greens and root vegetables; as of January 1, we are still > > harvesting Kale, Spinach, Arugula, and Lettuce. We expect a 35 week > season > > and hope for a 40 week. > > > > Great pictures and more prose at... > > > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/CommunityGrowersCSAFarm/HomePage > > > > Send e-mail to [email protected] for more > > information and updates. > > The Marriage of Milwaukee Artisans With Good Food Movement > > > > Community Growers Rooftop Farm and the developing Sweet Water Oragnics > Fish > > Farm Project in concert with Growing Power have eyes fixed on the prize > of > > sparking similar installations in Milwaukee, the Great Lakes, and beyond. > > > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/SweetWaterFishFarming/HomePage > > > > Carpenters, metal smiths, masons, painters, etc. are natural partners in > the > > good food movement, due to the seasonality of their work and the > resources > > their trades provide that are much needed in our movement, e.g. trucks, > > enterprising risk tolerant spirits, and more. > > > > Help inspire your local artisans to take some Growing Power "From > the Ground > > Up" winter workshops one of these years and witness rooftop farms > and the > > transformation of industrial slums into aquaculture systems! > > > > What say? > > > > Why not? > > > > Godsil > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage > > > http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Main/CommunityRoofingAndRestorationInc > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090103/c69c4aa2/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. 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