Mark Schindlbeck's Page

"I watched the preview on the web.  We only have antenna TV so we won't be able to see the rest.  Looks like it will provide some good insight into the life of the small veg farmer except I don't have a bunch of boys in their 20s…"

"Same with us.  First question is "Did you grow this?", next is "Are you organic?", or "Do you spray?".  I am happy to tell them yes and point to a sign we have explaining everything we offer is grown on our…"

"To me it shows how uneducated the populace is, thinking that a spray could possibly change the nutritional value of a food.  People don't have time to learn.  They are too busy with other things.  Just as I am too busy farming…"

"Key words are "bind" and "regulate"."

"Well here in WNY I have managed to plant a small amount of lettuce, Swiss Chard, and spinach in a small hoop house.  Yesterday my wife and I managed to get on a couple of the gardens to pick rocks.  The others either have standing water on…"

"Wow, this is great stuff.  You have some good (yet sad) arguments Jack.  I don't have time right now to continue but what does bother me a bit is the fact that only three of us, (all small farmers), are the only ones commenting. …"

"It is nearly May and I have nothing planted out in any of the gardens except for a small bit in our hoop houses.  I need at leadt 3 or 4 days of dry weather to be able to till ground as I have loamy soil as opposed to the gravel ground some…"

"For Greg, I wish I could get one of those high tunnels.  Yours is exactly the size I would like but they run about $6K now.  Have to save my pennies.  I could always have the govt get me one for free but I have this funny thing about…"

"Sorry Jack but I have to side with Greg on this.  Although I am a "Northerner" I grew up working the fields and orchards of west MI picking asparagus, pickles (cucumbers), and all tree fruit right along side of the folks you feel so…"

"Can't afford to hire, (thank you NY govt). With all the technology today the E-verify system should work, and work effectively.  At least it would hopefully ensure a farmer has a LEGAL work force.  I for one don't mind immigrants…"

"I've read Alexis DeToqueville, actually almost his whole book.  Kind of hard to find enough reading time.  He was rather prophetic about people. As for our debt.  Some of it is due to the wars yes, but this is part of the…"

"I agree with Jack only we are opposite up here in W NY.  We had snow the other day and in between the snow we have had bouts of rain.  We get a couple days in the 50s/60s then its back to the 30s and 40s.  We haven't been able to…"

"Of course it had to take a political turn.  We are talking about the govt spending our money.  This has taken a long time to reach this point and has been speeded up in the past two years so it will take years to back it down. We need to…"

"Fine for the mega farmer / Corporation.  How much govt money did they beg for?"

"They are both friend and foe.  Friend if they are funded completely by the organizations involved with the particular food, i.e. peaches and nectarines.  Foe in that it involves the govt and anytime you get the govt involved in your…"

"Maybe there should be an expansion of the C.O.O.L. regulation where the actual physical location of the produce is identified.  For us here, local tree fruit is 50 plus miles away. What our farm does is to promote "Truly Homegrown"…"