[FMC] Alternative market structure?

[Ole Bye]

Hello,

I am involved in helping to start a farmers' market in the coalfields of
southern West Virginia.  There is high consumer demand for a market, but
producers here typically give away their surplus produce.  I have talked to
farmers who are interested in having a farmers' market, but who aren't
really interested in going there and staffing their own booth.  It seems
like they would rather either donate their produce to a group (like 4-H)
that could sell it as a fundraiser at the market, or sell their produce at a
reduced price to a middle-person or organization that would then resell it
at the market.  Has anyone done anything like this in their markets?  Any
ideas on how having this scenario would affect any future producers that
might want to sell directly at the farmers' market?

Thank you for your time,

Ole Bye

Rural Appalachian Improvement League

Mullens, WV

groundworkWC at railwv.org

 

 




 

Ole Bye

Program Coordinator 

Groundwork Wyoming County

Rural Appalachian Improvement League

P.O. Box 171, Mullens, WV, 25882

304-294-6188

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except that it ain't so.

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