I'd echo this. The farmer's markets are getting bigger all the time and lots of city folks are turning toward or prefer organic (I tell people I raise organic llamas!). Back home we did some of that "truck farming" as we called it, lots of work but did pretty well with it until Dad discovered that hay, feeding cattle and corn and beans were less work and kept us out of trouble since we were more willing to do it.
A wealthy friend got a bunch of hogs, mostly to punish a nasty neighborhood that borders his place, but he sells all of them to individuals for the freezer now. Also sells whole hogs to a local restaurant who cuts the meat themselves. He get top price as they are organically raised (but he's not certified organic). Whole Foods was initially interest in them but bailed on the deal before the first group was up to market weight. He doesn't need the money, he sold a building products manufacturing operation and "retired" to a 500 acre farm they bought from a local big shot company CEO. He's the kind of guy who likes to stay busy... and it still offends the neighbors.
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