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[Matt R.]

Gravel, soil, etc.

[phx]

Is golf course still an allowed use?

 

I’d love to have a mini-golf course on my estate.

[lanforod]

Is golf course still an allowed use?

 

I’d love to have a mini-golf course on my estate.

I think its an allowed use, but not so sure it would qualify as the revenue to get farm property tax status .

[lanforod]

I scratched my head a bit at the raising egg prices. I don't know much about the economics for poultry meat, but egg farms are not hurting for cash. It's a fairly easy operation and makes a LOT of money at typical scale, even one farm of 10k birds makes plenty.

[dasmo]

eggs on my way home are $5.... Also free sometimes from the neighbour. 

[Victoria Watcher]

I've been raising wild crows for about 4 years now, so all my eggs are free.

[dasmo]

I've been raising wild crows for about 4 years now, so all my eggs are free.

Careful, they hold a grudge. 

[Matt R.]

Quite the tussle going on right now over some crowing.

"Visions of Elmer Fudd and a shotgun fusillade passed through my sleep-deprived mind," another resident wrote as he described the cock next door.“

https://www.cbc.ca/n...nTxs4z4ChcZLhsA

[Mike K.]

Maybe roosters in residential areas is not a good idea.

[Victoria Watcher]

Comment: Rising interest rates are heightening food insecurity

 

In contrast to the relative accessibility of substituting grocery items, effecting changes concerning rent or mortgage payments proves more arduous.

 

https://www.timescol...ecurity-7265076

[Szeven]

If mangoes are too expensive I can buy a substitute. If my rent is too high or my mortgage jumps, moving is difficult. Ok thanks? What a weird article. I thought maybe they were going to say something provocative like we should scrap some farm land for condos

[Victoria Watcher]

Seems all food security articles are odd.

[Victoria Watcher]

Fruit-picking project scaled back as funds dry up

 

After a month-long fundraising campaign in June collected less than half its $25,000 goal, LifeCycles says it has to cut back programs

 

 

https://www.timescol...-dry-up-7311606

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 July 2023 - 04:32 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

There’s some comedy for you. A free food service has to scale back due to lack of funding.

[Matt R.]

I worked with these folks for a bunch of years helping them fundraise. Good people!

[LJ]

 

Fruit-picking project scaled back as funds dry up

 

After a month-long fundraising campaign in June collected less than half its $25,000 goal, LifeCycles says it has to cut back programs

 

 

https://www.timescol...-dry-up-7311606

 

Why don't all the people that need the free fruit come and pick them themselves?

[Matt R.]

How would that work, post an ad and let randoms into your yard to climb ladders and pick fruit?

[Victoria Watcher]

How would that work, post an ad and let randoms into your yard to climb ladders and pick fruit?

 

Maybe it would be a bit more organized.

 

Is there no commercial operation that could make a success of it?  

 

The current model seems to have no revenue component, unless you count the contra part of it.

[Matt R.]

The revenue component is the products the partners make for sale. We did quince paste, hundreds of lbs, which was then sold to Ottavio who packaged and sold it. Spinnakers made cider vinegar, etc. There was a list of local companies adding value.

Over here, we have an outfit called Wild Cider, who is killing it by the way. They may have outgrown this, but when they started they used a lot of gleaned fruit. You could either bring in your fruit for sale or trade, or they would come to you, for sale or trade, but a lower value since they were doing the work.

It’s possible, but labour is such these days I don’t know how many pickers you’d find.

[Victoria Watcher]

Interesting.

Gleaned Fruit is opening for Tinto Rocks for limited shows in 2024.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 July 2023 - 12:14 PM.