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To: Graybeard58

Buying from my local farmer saves me money. He does his job and I do mine. Any family gardening is strictly for fun.


8 posted on 04/05/2010 11:36:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: Sacajaweau
Buying from my local farmer saves me money. He does his job and I do mine. Any family gardening is strictly for fun.

Yes. And... Buying from the large corporate farm, with its economies of scale, diversity of product, and ability to pour money into research, saves lots of money and offers variety of product.

29 posted on 04/05/2010 12:03:22 PM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: Sacajaweau
Buying from my local farmer saves me money. He does his job and I do mine.

The division of labor is what made us rich. You're thinking like an economist -- a good one -- not Paul Krugman or any of Obama's advisers.

106 posted on 04/05/2010 3:21:22 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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