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Originally Posted by davem4616
I'm not sure who the actual owners of Village Grown are...my guess is that at some level the Morse family has a financial interest in it (if not backing the whole venture)
if that is true, I seriously doubt that they are interested in doing anything that will compete with the restaurants that are already in TV and are trying to reopen/survive
Frankly I'm disappointed that Village Grown seems to be evolving so slowly....
They have a lot of buildings, but it seems very little is actually being grown yet...
it appears that they have their hands full right now just trying to get off the ground and get their arms around doing what they've defined as their primary business..
hopefully once they hit full production the cost of their produce will become a little more reasonable
Organic is more expensive...but when you're able to grown 10 x's as much on the same area as field grown I'd hope prices will come down
but, I suspect that there will be a resistance to compete with the local farmers on a cost basis as that could ultimately drive those small family farms out of business
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As I understand it, The Grown works with the local farmers to help them grow. The Grown will help them market and find outlets and allow the farmers to do what they do best, farm. The Grown is not for The Villages exclusive use, in addition to providing product for our consumption and for the menu's of the local eateries, I understand they will sell into other markets as well, one person (yeah only 1 person) indicated they will market Nationally. At one of presentations I attended they said it would take a few years to approach the level they are looking for. If anyone knows differently please jump in.