Where is the best city/state to do organic farming?
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Question by Deja Vu: Where is the best city/state to do organic farming?
I would like to move to the best state with the most reasonable prices for land and the best area for self sustaning gardening
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5 Responses to Where is the best city/state to do organic farming?
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Ir really depends on which state you’re in. if you’re in michigan organic apples would probably be best. If you’re in nebraska corn is good or if you’re in flordia, oranges, ect. The state that does the best in that particular food that’s not organic wil probably also do it best when grown organic.
Sam
January 28, 2012 at 10:38 pm
You can be organic anywhere. Best to stick to a climate you are familiar with or there will be a bigger learning curve. If you are from Florida and move to Alaska- HUGE learning curve! Florida to Georgia- not so big. The farther you move from populated areas the cheaper land will be. This can be good or bad, depending how you look at it. You will be much more isolated in a small town- fewer hospitals and entertainment. On the other hand, if you want to make a living selling organic produce you should stay near a bigger city that you can sell to.
Dave
January 28, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Ohio is very nice-they have a great state wide organic association http://www.oeffa.org that is very active. Ohio State university also has a good organic farming program. So lots of organics going on in Ohio
Lots of farms are being foreclosed in the rural areas so farm land is cheap right now. Ohio has lots of areas with great soils that can grow about any kind of vegetable (we grow the best tomatoes in the world). Ohio gets good rainfall year round (no real drought periods-though late summer tends to be dry) so there are no water rights issues (any western state if you do not have water rights you do not farm)
There is a good locavore movement in most of the large metropolitan areas. that said unemployment is skyrocketing in most of the state but if you can pay cash for the land and you know what ypu are doing you can make a decent living and eat very well
Ohiorganic
January 28, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Tasmania, Australia cheap land good soil lots of opportunities.
Peter
January 28, 2012 at 11:50 pm
buy an ISLAND in Polynesia. but be careful of storms. LOL
richi a
January 29, 2012 at 12:42 am