>You ask me for $8.00 a lb. and up and the burden of proof is on you. You
are no longer on a "conventional playing field."
I couldn't agree more. If anything, I might want to phrase that point more
strongly. Generally speaking, I think $8/lb is ridiculous. I sell my
certified-only-by-me-and-according-to-my-own-standards organic honey for
$9.50/quart at the farmers market. That's my idea of a fair and reasonable
price, and almost everyone that's even interested in local honey (around
here) seems to find it very acceptable.
But I wasn't trying to prove that organic honey is worth any kind of
premium. I was trying to say that a good model of organic beekeeping
success might not meet the standards of 500+ hives, a full-time living, and
almond pollination--and that not meeting those standards shouldn't
necessarily detract from its successfulness.
Eric
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