Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Price-Watch

[Terence]

Paying the doctor with chickens and eggs is becoming
more possible than ever. Check the prices, below, to make
sure you don't overpay the doc!

I won't bash the CSA thing too much. The ranchers may need
such things for legal protection.

This example is from a ranch one mile away from my house. I think it
shows a current opportunity for ranchers who may be able to transport
their products to compete with this nonsense.

http://www.napagrassfarmer.com

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[doublel]

Well if I could get prices like that for eggs and chickens I would quit my job today and start raising birds....I checked out the website. Unless one of them is a web-design guru that site cost them a pretty penny.

[redman2006]

Hooly crapp. that makes two of us DL. I thought I was doing well to sell mine through a friend for $2/dz. In GA, we can't sell without a candling license.

[Tex]

I am definitely selling to the wrong crowd.


Tex

[amy0002]

Hooly crapp. that makes two of us DL. I thought I was doing well to sell mine through a friend for $2/dz. In GA, we can't sell without a candling license.

Over in AL they go for $4 a dozen

[doublel]

Hooly crapp. that makes two of us DL. I thought I was doing well to sell mine through a friend for $2/dz. In GA, we can't sell without a candling license.

Redman, excuse my naivety, but I thought you candled eggs to ensure there was no embryo. What is the reason to candle fresh eggs that go straight from coop to refrigerator?

[southernmom]

Yep. That's how Joel Salatin and Forrest Pritchard and farmers/ranchers like them make enough money to have a name (then they write books!) they marketed heavily to the right people in the right 'money' areas. People will pay those prices.
And then you have those people (like certain older members of my family) who feel that the no chemical/ grass fed/naturally raised animals and vegetables are an embarassment because it means a person doesn't have the money to buy it in the store. (eyeroll) and they are ashamed of their own heritage. *nipping this rant in the bud*.

[Tex]

Maybe all of the producers on this board should get together and start some type of cooperative. We can all get together and develop a swanky looking website to advertise what we raise and then everybody takes care of the orders from their AO. Selling stuff for prices like those and it won't be long before we'll all be fartin' through silk.



Tex

[Cwi555]

http://www.agr.georgia.gov/egg-candling-class.aspx

Georgians who want to produce and offer for sale shell eggs shall comply with the Georgia Egg Law and obtain and egg candling certificate in order to be able to sell eggs to the consumer at places other than on their farm.

Sell them from your farm only...

Hooly crapp. that makes two of us DL. I thought I was doing well to sell mine through a friend for $2/dz. In GA, we can't sell without a candling license.

[redman2006]

DL, blood spots, rotting etc is the reason. You should be able to spot degraded eggs, decreases in the thick albumin, air pockets, etc. For persona use, we do not worry with it. We have learned to crack the eggs in a bowl before adding them to a recipe. A half developed chick dropping in the cookie batter is a little bit of a turn off, but the guests never knew. Had a hen that was setting and I did not realize it. She hid a small clutch that I thought was freshly laid. Oooops.

We can sell from the house, but I can not deliver to a buyer or sell at the farmer's markets, so I give my extras to a friend. He candles them and puts them in with his eggs for sale. he usually pays me in goat cheese.

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CWI,
I just don't want the hassle for the little bit of money. I don't care for people I don't know on the place.

[Terence]

Maybe all of the producers on this board should get together and start some type of cooperative. We can all get together and develop a swanky looking website to advertise what we raise and then everybody takes care of the orders from their AO. Selling stuff for prices like those and it won't be long before we'll all be fartin' through silk.

Tex

Excellent idea!

http://www.agr.georgia.gov/egg-candling-class.aspx

Georgians who want to produce and offer for sale shell eggs shall comply with the Georgia Egg Law and obtain and egg candling certificate in order to be able to sell eggs to the consumer at places other than on their farm.
Sell them from your farm only...

Quote Originally Posted by redman2006 View Post

Hooly crapp. that makes two of us DL. I thought I was doing well to sell mine through a friend for $2/dz. In GA, we can't sell without a candling license.

That's why entrepreneurs must be problem solvers. Just part of the gig.

[doublel]

Thanks for the explanation. I think goat cheese is more than a fair trade! I tried my hand at cheese once, it is not an activity for amateurs....

[southernmom]

We get a couple dozen eggs a day, give or take, we share with a few close friends and we trade with a farmer nearby who grows different veggies than we do, so it works out great. I am the same way in that I don't want people driving up that I don't know.

[redman2006]

I tried making goat cheese. It was one of the "cooked" varieties. Followed the recipe and it turned out good. I don't think I care to try any of the aged versions myself. That looks like a great way to lose a lot of milk and/or make myself sick.

[Terence]

Local Price for 1 gallon of raw milk: $16

We can only get it from a distributor. The closest is "Eco-chic":

http://ecochiclife.net/home/organic-pastures/

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The distributor gets it from "Organic Pastures":

http://www.organicpastures.com

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I've called Organic pastures and they won't sell it directly to me.