Tech | July 25, 2010 | 19 comments

Would You Pay More $ For Fresh Produce to Know Your Farmer? See Survey Results + Participate!

source: http://www.ourlocale.com

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Please VOTE. Do you want to know your farmer?

How much more would you pay to know your farmer?
Nothing 3.8% (2 votes)
1-5% 15.4% (8 votes)
6-10% 42.3% (22 votes)
11-15% 25% (13 votes)
May I see a picture of my farmer before answering? 13.5% (7 votes)
Total Votes: 52

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19 comments // Would You Pay More $ For Fresh Produce to Know Your Farmer? See Survey Results + Participate!

  • MarkButkus
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
  • Almibry
    • +1
      Almibry  

    • I don't typically pay anything for produce from locals, I trade ;)
      But I would pay more if trading wasn't an option.

    • 1 year ago
  • dariusvons
    • 0
      dariusvons  

    • this is all bullshit!

      I pay way less when I buy from the farmers I know... and I mean WAY less... locally grown produce is dirt cheap! and yet still, I wouldn't mind paying as much as I would be in stores.

    • 1 year ago
  • jubal
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
    • 0
      TOP10PRODUCELLC  

    • Here are the results so far:

      How much more would you pay to know your farmer?
      Nothing 3.7% (1 votes)
      1-5% 14.8% (4 votes)
      6-10% 48.1% (13 votes)
      11-15% 18.5% (5 votes)
      May I see a picture of my farmer before answering? 14.8% (4 votes)
      Total Votes: 27

    • 1 year ago
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
    • 0
      TOP10PRODUCELLC  

    • What if you are in the grocery store not dealing directly with the farmer but you could send the farmer a Twitter Message by using a number on the label? Would that provide any peace of mind?

    • 1 year ago
  • stacie69
    • +3
      stacie69  

    • yep, I know my farmer....ME! but for the rest of you, many local communities have CSA'a (community supported agriculture)...you can pay in advance for the summers produce and pick it up weekly from you local co-op or farmers market. If not available find a vacant lot to start you own community garden.

      Your right, goodgodguy, It shouldn't cost much more and usually doesn't if you deal directly with the famer.

    • 1 year ago
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
    • 0
      TOP10PRODUCELLC  

    • Dear Good God Guy,

      Please get in your car, go to the store, buy an apple, come back home and log on to your computer. Then tell us the name of the farmer who grew it.

      Thanks.

    • 1 year ago
  • stacie69
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  • Incredulous
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      Incredulous  
    • TOP10PRODUCELLC:

      If I want an apple I can go out to the backyard and pick one up off the ground, or from the tree, and eat it.

      Having said that, I noticed a local fruit stand on the side of the road the other day, and they had a sign out "Fresh Sweet Corn" As I turned the corner to take a shortcut via a back road, I happened to catch a glimpse out my side window of several tiny trailers, the kind you hook up behind a truck or SUV, parked in the very back of the cornfield. This cornfield has been there a long time, I have passed it for years, but I have never noticed those trailers back there before. Probably noticed them this time because of the discussions and posts on Current about who picks our vegetables. I thought to myself, hmmmm, I bet those belong to the pickers, and I wonder what they are being paid so that my yuppie town can buy home grown fresh sweet corn on the side of the road? I'm not against knowing who your local farmer is, and this is a local farmer, or buying local either, I'm just saying, there is always more to the story than what we have trained our eyes to see.

    • 1 year ago
  • GoodGodGuy
    • 0
      GoodGodGuy  

    • Why would it cost more? Already have to put content on package. A law was defeated in 2003 making it mandatory that foods have an origin put on the package.

    • 1 year ago
  • bc_f
  • GoodGodGuy
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
  • GoodGodGuy
  • TOP10PRODUCELLC
    • 0
      TOP10PRODUCELLC  
    • GoodGodGuy:

      GoodGodGuy,

      Sorry for playing the Devil's Advocate. We agree with you 100% that it does not have to cost more to put the informatoin on the food than what is already spent. But that is exactly the point we are trying to make. A stamp CAN tell you if the brand chooses for it to do so. But only one produce brand tells you the person who grew the produce and the place it was grown 100% of the time - Top 10 brand.

      Go to the store and pick up any other brand and you might get the place, but never the person. We are saying the same thing as you. So no problem at all.

      Thanks for the lively discussion and for the civility.

    • 1 year ago
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