Food for Thought
The Culver Young Farmers provided their Farmer’s Share Breakfast, Saturday April 3, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Plymouth. A very small cost of, $.49, to enjoy a hot and satisfying breakfast was served to approximately 200 people Saturday morning. The breakfast was held to educate the community on the price difference of commodities from the producer to the retailer. The low-priced cost of, $.49, is the amount the farmer earns for the sausage, scrambled eggs, toast, potatoes, and biscuits and gravy that was served at the breakfast. The rest of the money that consumers pay to purchase their groceries at the store goes to the middle man and the retailer, not all to the producer. Not only did many community guests attend this breakfast, but Congressman, Joe Donnelly, State Representative, Nancy Dembowski and State Senator, Ed Charbonneau were also in attendance. “ F armers feed us. With that , our world is expecting to double its population in 2 0-30 years.