I’ve been waiting for days to hear back from the Local Farmer’s Markets about the possability of my selling the Bokashi Buckets there. I was planning to spend one Saturday a week at a different market on each of three islands. Originally I had planned to do a double rotation–one set of three this month, one set of three over the next two months. However, most Markets out here close Labor Day, so that cramps my schedule and I have–Thank The Good Lord–picked up several jobs over the next few weekends, and it looks like ever weekend in August is booked.

I finally heard back today from two of the three markets. For the largest–not a hope. They are too full and unless there is a last minute cancellation there is no way they can fit me in. Shit. I can’t do last minute when it involves a one hour ferry ride and ther ferries either run hours before the market, or dump me out mid-way through the market. Hopefully there will be a cancellation that I can find out about before the day and hopefully it is not on a day I am doing something else.

The second Island Farmer’s Market got back to me–mind you I have been working on getting hold of people for a while now, although not very persistently. I usually expect when I leave a message I will be called back. My second round of calling got me this far. So I heard back from the second market today. They only allow self-produced goods at that market. Nothing foreign, and nothing commercial of factory made. Nice policy but the market must be very limited. It is a shame. My product does not fit and they won’t make an exception even though it is A) Organic B) Sustainable C) empowers people to control their environment and practive self-sufficient, organic, sustainable methods of food production.

The third island has not returned my calls.  I am apprehensive that it will be more of the same.  It is not that I am wanting to make a killing at these markets. I am more interested in spreading the message and sharing with people about Bokashi, Effective Microbes and they Kitchen Waste recycling system. I will be phoning the Farmer’s Markets on the mainland this weekend to see if I can find someone who will open a door for me there for a few weeks from now.

I have decided not to take this to the County Fair in August as the price is excessive–I would have to sell 20 buckets just to pay for the fees and I have it on authority that even though thousands come to the fair and want to learn about such stuff–no one buys anything but trinkets. Oh well. No one has ever accused me of being a brilliant business person.

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