http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/ Buy Local NY Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:19:43 GMT Krys Cail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/676 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/676 Hard to say without a couple of days' work defining scope.... but, initially, it would seem that you would have to limit the study area to one state, in order Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:03:58 GMT Shannon Nichols http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/675 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/675 What would it cost for you to do it Krys? You would be a great person to head this kind of study. I would be interested in running a proposal by some of my Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:40:56 GMT Krys Cail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/674 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/674 I'm not a tax lawyer, but I do know a little about taxation, due to a much higher level of interest in it than your average bear (I sometimes read articles Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:28:45 GMT judy einach http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/673 As would any new competitor, for or non profit, potentially take sales from private businesses. Non-profits however have a cap on the percentage of income Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:15:54 GMT Robert Stern http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/672 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/672 I suppose its the same as Goodwill competing against a used clothing store, regular church fund raisers dinners competing against restaurants offering the same Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:37:36 GMT Mary & Bob Pratt -- Elihu Farm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/671 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/671 bluemoondressing wrote:   not-for-profit doesn't mean they don't need to produce a "profit"  It means they will enjoy certain tax advantages which I believe Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:56:03 GMT bluemoondressing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/670 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/670 not-for-profit doesn't mean they don't need to produce a "profit" It means they will enjoy certain tax advantages which I believe are a wash as farms enjoy a Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:29:53 GMT Goodsell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/669 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/669 Thanks for pointing that out Liz, my error in using this as an example. But there are a number of 501(c)3 farms across NY that I know of. So my questions still Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:57:58 GMT Elizabeth Henderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/668 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/668 Dear Martha, In the example you quoted, it is not the farm, but the Hunts Point Alliance for Children that is the 501(c)(3). To qualify for that status, a Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:59:25 GMT Goodsell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/667 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/667 It's been interesting for me to watch the number of farms with a 501(C)3 designation grow in number. There seems to be alot of tax advantages currently for Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:46:03 GMT Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/666 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/666 I am forwarding this announcement on behalf of my colleague, David Cox, Agricultural Program Leader, CCE Schoharie County. Please share as appropriate: *FARM Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:13:35 GMT emily@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/665 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/665 I will be away on holiday from 23 December until 11 January. If you have an urgent request, please contact Tamara Blacher at tamara@... or (212) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:11:29 GMT Shira Golding http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/664 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/664 SHARE TOMPKINS REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET Bring what you can, take what you need! Jan 30th 1-4pm at the Henry St. John Building Our eighth Share Tompkins Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:58:20 GMT emily@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/663 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/663 I will be away on holiday from 23 December until 11 January. If you have an urgent request, please contact Tamara Blacher at tamara@... or (212) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:58:11 GMT Becca B.R. Jablonski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/662 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuyLocalNY/message/662 Please help to spread the word.... Job Description: Agricultural Economic Development Program Assistant Madison County’s Agricultural Economic Development