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Re: Startling statistic

Jeff,

Just to interject a different perspective, have you considered the different size lots of home owners will influence their type of gardening?

Soaring housing prices have reduced lot sizes over the last 30 years in Southern California. There are lots of rather small lots in San Diego which do not allow the home owners to plant vegetable gardens and fruit orchards. Even if they do, their limited space precludes them from being able to produce their families needs for all of the fruits and vegetables they consumer even in the height of the warm or cool growing seasons. Some vegetables and fruits just consume too much space and are not suited for high intensity growing concepts like square foot gardening.

Many home owners still are avid gardeners who enjoy their landscape, water, and flower gardens. Such individuals would depend on their local produce store, farmers market, or retail grocery store exclusively for fresh fruits and vegetables.
The selection of good quality and competitively price organic produce has been steadily growing in recent years. Display space largely depends on having a consistent supply for extended periods to build a strong customer demand. Increased supply has allowed mainstream retailers to offer organic items at competitive prices. Previously organic produce was the providence of specialty retailers with large inventories of nutritional additives.

In my perspective, the increased number of growers forced wholesale prices to drop to move the larger volumes. Thus the retail consumer was offered a choice without paying an excessive price premium for buying organic.

Claude Sweet
San Diego, CA

Jeff Ball wrote:

I know that folks are buying more "organic" foods in the super markets.
Maybe the woman buys the food and guy sprays the pesticide on the lawn. I
don't know. Of course 50% of American home landscapes managed by the
homeowner are now managed by the woman in the family, so that model doesn't
really work; or maybe it does. Maybe most of the serious practitioners of
organic methods are women. I don't have any data, but my sense is that may
be very true. Does anyone know the percentage of men and percentage of
women who are serious vegetable gardeners?
Jeff B.




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