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A big Organic guy near here, who had the largest CSA in the nation, and who had a bunch of those free interns every year (most of whom never seemed to actually do any real work by the way), just went bankrupt again. Screwed alot of people out of about $14 million total. Oh yeah, this was his 3rd bankruptcy. Seems there's lots of people out there willing to continue throwing good money after bad in the name of a "good idea".

A friend of ours leased several parcels to him that were due to expire last fall. The Organic guy brought in a "partner" last summer to bail him out and get him through the year. Th partner knew what was coming, so he planted wheat and spinach on the expiring leases, and then filed a lien on the properties to "protect his future crop".

And that guy in Virginia?...yeah, he's a marketing GENIUS!!!
He may or may not be a good farmer,, and I'm sure he probably believes everything he's pitching. He seems like a pretty nice guy even. But he has also fleeced (indirectly, of course) thousands of people with stars in their eyes.
 
pdfangus":2s2t4cxu said:
kenny thomas":2s2t4cxu said:
I have heard that one of the grazing specialist in VA is already doing that. He writes books, gives speaches while people pay for the learning experience.
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yeah....he beat me to it.....
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The first of next month there is a big "Mother Earth Fair" up north of here. That guy from VA is going to be on hand to do a live demonstration on how to butcher a chicken (well it starts out live but doesn't end that way for the chicken). I almost feel like going just to see how many people will pay to see how to butcher a chicken.
 
Dang!!!! There I go again missing the boat of opportunity!!! Butchered a cockerel yesterday and could have charged admission. It was free range, organic and everything.:bang:
 
Jogeephus":1tn5l42s said:
Dang!!!! There I go again missing the boat of opportunity!!! Butchered a cockerel yesterday and could have charged admission. It was free range, organic and everything.:bang:
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Was it actually yours or did you borrow it from the neighbors.....Snuffy?
 
It was mine but it was free-range because it must have had goat genetics in it and kept getting out and crapping all over everything of value so after it did its free range thing for a couple of weeks during my many failed attempts to pen him I finally decided to put him on the plate before a fox put him on his. I will say this though, dam good chicken he was.
 
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Jogeephus":25hfkwoz said:
Dang!!!! There I go again missing the boat of opportunity!!! Butchered a cockerel yesterday and could have charged admission. It was free range, organic and everything.:bang:
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Since you seem to have a monopoly on the mentally challenged, in addition to going organic, you should go boneless. Takes a lot of work out of the butchering, and should be a marketing point. Expect a mass exodus from the cities to your new free-range, organic, boneless yardbird farm
 
If your going to be successful at organic farming, you are going to need a good slogan, something like "Living organic means not choosing cides" Otherwise, you just end up with a higher price tag for farming than most.


If Diesel's buddy doesn't buy that 3 yr old bull, I think I'm going to ask him for the information. I'm going to start marketing free range, non stressed, chemical free, grass fed organic beef. I don't want to stress them, so I'm not going to vaccinate, castrate or handle them till they are full grown. They may be a little waspy on round up when I ship them directly to the kill plant, but I figure that having to only handle them and stress them once is way better than them being stressed throughout their life by artificially interfering in their natural lives. I figure I may lose a few head, but the quality of the rest should more than make up for it. The premium I charge should cover the loses. I won't need to use steroids, since the they won't be cut. I will save quite a bit on fuel costs, since I won't be having to drive through them all the time.

My motto is going to be, "plenty of flavor, and even more chew in every bite".

I figure that it might even get it labeled as a negative calorie food like celery, by the time you account for all the energy spent in digestion. Plus, I doubt anyone will complain about my 8 oz size packaged portions. If anyone would like to get in on the ground floor, you can p.m. me and I will provide you with ways I will be accepting venture capital.
 

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