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You didn't do research, have no idea what you are talking about, and lack reason and logic. And you kinda have to decide whether you want farms or biodiversity and far from all land is effective farm land but can be used to farm animals. You didn't read what I wrote, have no idea about permaculture and holistic agriculture practices and simply don't know what you are talking about. Its sad to see how much time and energy I can waste talking to some people.

Alright Slavik, I appreciate it. I think I will stick with Local Rawganics as it seems to get across much or all of what I would like to get across; I am selling local, raw, organic goods. SueBee; wow am I glad you commented. Before I thank you so much for your suggestions, I will just respond to your weekday event thing. Farmers Markets are on weekdays & weekends, in front there is a farmers market every single day. Though; a lot of the farmers markets will not be open during the winter. I could try to rent some counter space from a restaurant, that is not somthing I have thought about, though it seems that would be very expensive; and finding the right place that does not offer raw, organic juices in the first place. I will definitely look into that though. Now, I really like to mobile juice truck, though I am not sure if that would be the best allocation of resources, because that would more likely be a hit & miss everytime, weather permitted (for customers) , area, etc. I would likely stick to farmers markets from spring to fall & possibly try to get into a restaurant or store during the winter. Now this is where I was wowed. That is the greatest idea I have ever heard. I will try, tooth & nail, to create an app like this. That is honestly the most genius thing I have ever heard. You sure are right being an entrepreneur opens up many possibilities. It may be stressful, but sure is exciting ! Now I just need to find someone to try to help me make this amazing app. That is unfortunately not somthing I know how to do.. Anyone here? Anyways thanks a lot. Off to work in the next hour , pick up a juicer on my way back, then when I come back, my plan is to finish my business plan 100%. I can send it to you if you are open Sue? Again thanks so much!!

You comment on the DDT ban is entirely false. I hear Stefan bring that up, and it is lack of knowledge on a holistic and sustainble approach to agriculture. When plants are healthy, they do not let off the electromagnetic signals, that are sent off when unhealthy. When plants are unhealthy, they let off these signals which attracts insects. When plants are healthy, in any case, they have the ability to fight off disease and predation. Pests and weeds are all symptoms of an unhealthy soil and plant. In permaculture, namely, the soil is not only healthier, but bugs cannot even find their way. Anyways, I do not expect you to believe this. Simply do your own research please. But please, stop addressing a DDT ban, without knowledge of organic and sustainble agriculture. Pesticides cause cancer and other health problems, as well as a drop in biodiversity. When chemicals and poisons are sprayed, it kills the beneficial bacteria as well as "bad" bacteria and microbes (just as antibiotics). I won't go into any further detail of this. Rights is a concept. I agree. And in any case, why should we look down upon imprisoning, torturing and killing humans in jails, and not do the same for animals. I would argue animals endure worse pain, violence and torture than "man". I do agree with survival, but yet, there is no argument because we do not need meat in order to survive. (correct me if i am wrong) Animals kill other animals in order to eat and survive. We do not. Let alone that 100 acres of land which is used for a dairy farm, beef, etc. could grow over 1000 tons of fresh produce in place of a few hundred pounds of meat , etc. The use of land is much more efficient in providing food if we grew plants. Out use of these animals comes from their waste which is great for our plants health, soil and food. If people only try to kill all insects because it gets in the way of your enjoyment of life (I will assume you mean ability to live because that would be even more ridiculous), please go educate yourself on soil biosiversity, permaculture, organic agriculture and sustainbility. Why in the wild, do plants thrive without the of pesticides? *hint*: Biodiversity & health I am happy to have a debate once you are educated about these important things. In any case, my short rant, I can't stand when Stef goes on about DDT, vaccines, etc. while not knowing half a thing about plant ecology, plant health, toxic chemicals & heavy metals in vaccines, etc. Its a shame, someone so highly respected can spread such valuable information on one hand, and on the other spread dreadful misinformation that costs many their ability to function as nature intended (autism, cancer, etc). By the way, there is a larger yield in crops which are grown organically, than conventionally. Especially in GMOs, "superweeds" are taking over and GMOs have the lowest output at this point. Last thing about the DDT ban. To say that people died because of the DDT ban is entirely false and does not take into account other factors. What is correct is people have died, are dying and continue to die because instead of approaching agriculture holistically and sustainable we attack the symptom, which is unsustainable and out attack on the symptom (pesticides) are toxic to all lifeforms which causes further problems such as cancer, digestive problems, etc. If you really were searching for the true problem, one would not focus on an irrelevant ban on a toxic pesticide; the problem is much larger and more problematic than that. If we do not begin to wake up to these issues and realize our entire agriculture system (GMOs, pesticides, etc.) is unsustainable, no other issue will matter. We will lack the ability to nurture and feed ourselves through food and be healthy. When there is no more biodiversity, we cannot thrive. Humans cannot survive without the bacteria and microbes inside of us; if we do not nurture and breed them, we are nothing. We need biodiversity; biodiversity does not need us... Again, search for the root. A pesticide ban is 100% a symptom. Please be aware of that.

By the way, yes killing bugs and animals are all bad. People DO try very hard to kill all insects. Ever heard of pesticides and insecticides. The mass murder of any population creates a decrease of biodiversity which has negative impacts on all ecosystems, populations and general health. Animal have as much of a right as we do to live. Why shouldn't they ?

Holy **** . That is fkn horrible. My god

Hi Slavik, to begin, I am genuinely curious why you would think I should have a target gender in mind when creating my business / business plan. I do not see what benefit would arise from such a thing and is seemingly a waste of time. I can understand, when selling shirts or others things like that, but juice, i am not sure I understand. The name I currently have is Rawganics / Local Rawganics . Again, I am not sure why I need to have a targeted age group? This is helpful, though I have chosen Rawganics as my name, I would love to hear your comments on your comments and questions, in regards to the name I am chosen. Thanks

Watch "Forks Over Knives". Basically goes into detail how cooked meat is carcengonic, etc. Interesting to watch if anyone is interested. And GMOs are bad. (for all you folks who said previously "If you dont support GMOs, you support world starvation" & who are now posting on this forum). Once again, the only point of FDR is to get you to research and question things. Either do it, or please do not categorize yourself as an anarchist, philosopher, etc. Anarchy is as much a philosophy and if you choose to not do the simple things it teaches us; question things as an example, it is truly heartbreaking. Fortunetely, I am not the only one on this forum here, so if you choose to attack again with your false, non-sequiters, lack of information and lack of rational thought, atleast there are others to watch and tell you off...

Thanks Mango for taking your time to help. First of all , not sure where you saw I mentioned printed bottles, but I was just planning to get recycled paper cups (not plastic though).. I am not planning to do branding in the beginning except having business cards, handouts on "health benefits of juicing", etc. Basically, the length of time on the juice made depends on which juicer i decide to buy. It will either be fast & lower quality, or higher quality and really slow. I was told today though, that really scrubbing the vegetables and soaking them will be of benefit for flavor. All stuff to think about... It is helpful and appreciated , thanks

tastemaker, I dont have a vehicle. Im about to turn 17, couldnt even legally drive yet if I have a car & wanted to. Anyways, a big part of why this business was so intriguiging, vs landscaping which I thought of doing, is there is almost no equipment. Simply a juicer & blender, which I can carry on the subway, and money for produce. If I could hook up power to someone else's car that would be cool though... I will look into that sound thing Carl. Im going to message you though, anyway I could send you a picture of what I have for my "logo" so far & see what you think ? I also think I will give free samples to start, & give handouts on "why juicing" & how it is good for your health etc. Well , to further distiguish my business, I have decided to call myself "Local Rawganics" rather than "Rawganics Toronto", which I think sounds better (not the greatest) but also allows customers to see we emphasize local. Cant wait to get up & running. Think I will be getting my juicer today (right now) actually. Its all moving forward.

Thanks tastemaker. At this point, I have a website, rawganics.ca ; I have starting trying to making a logo for Rawganics & trying to complete a business plan. Rawganics, for some reason, surprisingly came up as not being trademarked at first, which is why I looked into the website, though it must have been a glitch because it was trademarked. If I were to trademark, I would use Rawganics Toronto / Rawganics TO , which obviously doesn't as great but atleast it wouldnt get me sued. I have found other expenses though, to be able to really get out there. There are a few markets which I could vend at for free, but there would be no outlet , so I would need to invest in a "powerbox" or generator kind of thing that would allow my juicer to be hooked up and run for a few hours. Not sure if anyone knows anything about those things, where to look, best ones, how much they are, etc. That would also be helpful. For my prices, I was thinking 8oz for around $5 or 16oz for $8 (this is the exact same price as a local health food store that sells juices -- but not from local produce) I would like to sell them, 8oz for $6 and 16oz for $8 - $9. I have yet to actually purchase the juicer and see how much it costs to make these glasses though. What are your guys thoughts on selling them for more than, well, the biggest health food store in toronto? I think ill probably (and have to) put it to the same price though, and let the customer decide that they would prefer my juice over the other one because of the superior quality in produce and freshness. All in all, if anyone knows anything about portable access to power for my machinery & what you think of prices, please let me know. Thanks.

I think Rawganics is what it is. I just bought a domain for it because I told someone all this stuff and he ended up being really slimy & writing notes on everything I said , which was alot. Anyways I like Rawganics because it can appeal to everyone and not just one class of people. I did like Vitalize though , it was definetely trademarked though. Anyways any thoughts on Rawganics ? Im thinking eventually ill make and sell raw chocolate, sorbets (from the juicer) and other things like that.

Just to add if anyone cares to comment or offer advice; my one concern at this point is that the juicer & blenders are very loud, which might turn people off, as well as cause me to have a hard time to get another vendor open to sharing space. Ones (which are also fast enough) which are quiet start at like $2000.... in any case, slow quiet ones start at $1000.. Any thoughts?

That would be sick ! Thanks Carl ! I have spoken with many people and Sprouting Change Rawganics Triumph Vitalize all seem to get the most attention with one person saying "Revive the system" which I think sounds more like a tagline or w.e. Anyways that would be so sick I really appreciate it ! So glad I reached out to get ideas from FDR & help. You guys are awesome. For the name, I will start to look into whether any of the names are taken or trademarked. I spoke with someone who got threatened to be sued by a company in a different country than her (!), starting off at farmers markets but because the products were so competitive she was noticed. If anyone would like to narrow down the names let me know. I also think that is a great idea Carl. I know there are again people with smoothies, but not fresh in front of the customer. I have a blender which I could probably borrow for now which would be of huge help. That is a great idea though. This saturday I will go around and talk about this with everyone during my break to try to share a table. I do know that legally there are restrictions like I need to get a Food Handler Certificate, which I will do this week, but the rest of the restrictions, because all of it is fresh, are at the discretion of the farmer's market staff. Anyways that is a great idea to offer both smoothies & juices. I will do that 100%. My plan is to offer samples, maybe even to simply test out what people like at the beginning, as well as offer it for cheap. It is all an investment of course so I need to be open to offering a lot more, especially at the beginning. Again, I really appreciate that Carl, that wold be sick ! I cant believe the awesome relationships Ive made through FDR. Simply fascinating and uplifting to me. And Jacbot, I dont really understand your question, etc. Though, that is a great idea, if I do end up getting bigger, I know how to cook & make chocolate, I could sell "Health Food Chocolate" boost bars, which again, are a big thing for the health food people (with money). Anyways this is all really great and I again, appreciate the continued support, advice and help. Please keep commenting and keep letting me know what your thoughts are. It seem like, implementing will be difficult, but in regards to the business plan & support, things just continue to move up. Thanks ! Jake

Im trying to start my own business ! Feel free to come post suggestions, advice or anything ! Thanks! Im in though. https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/40859-starting-my-own-business/

Thanks everyone ! Anyone feel free to message me as well on the side. But yes to begin, Marina I had no idea you did that yourself haha, thats awesome. I wouldn't mind what you think on the "best" juicer to start up this business if you have any experience or knowledge in that. I did some research and its a 3.4 billion dollar industry. All I know is that there is a gap in the farmers markets, not a single vendor sells raw organic vegetable or fruit juices (only (non-organic) apple or lemonade). NGardner, yes, I would love to. The only problem is affording this stuff. I barely have enough to get myself started on the juicing (paying for the juicer, bottles to possibly bottle in the future, custom tags & sign & stuff). Which is why I plan to ask around if I could share someone's table at the farmers market, attracting people to their table and offer them commission on my sales until I can afford to build my own business. If I could afford it, I would love to provide people with grass-fed beef, organic eggs, organic produce, honey, possibly dried herbs, heck maybe even organic soaps & cosmetics. At the moment, at this farmers market I plan to set up, I work for an organic farmer who grows everything himself except he sells dried herbs from online & local organic grassfed beef and pasture raised pork. The other farmer who Ive worked for, on the farm and at the stand, is a biodynamic farmers selling his own pasture raised grassfed beef & produce (nothing brought in). Its all an investment though and without money or my own stand (table), I cant plunge right in unfortunately. I do believe there is a huge opportunity though. And, if anyone has any background and/or knowledge in graphic design I am more than happy to pay (through paypal?) for some logos,etc. I have though, definitely thought about a whole health food line, but I need to start somewhere and Im struggling just starting up. Any thoughts and/or suggestions Lmao. Jonny. or maybe "Freedomain Thirsty?" or "Satisfy My Thirst" But lol thats halarious. Thanks everyone for your continued effort to try to help & support ! Glad a few people here support organic, local, sustainable agriculture ! Would love to continue to hear more advice and criticism ! Thanks a lot !

Haha just real quick as im off to work; I've never seen that "greenology" stuff or whatever jacbot, but as far as I saw in the few seconds I looked, that is incredibly overpriced for processed , non-organic green drinks. I do know though, alteast at the market I work at, there is a clientele for "health foodies" who are looking for raw organic juices, and I would emphasize the local , which is always an addition. I dont plan to sell 100ml for 10 bucks though , it will take some experimenting though. And I will add in Vitalize. Thanks everyone I appreciate your support and help ! Jonny, actually I didnt even know what vitalize meant. I appreciate it. Seems like a very good name actually. Thanks

Hi NGardner, I appreciate the response. To start, I dont have any land to grow my own fruit or vegetables. I do though, have great relationships with many farmers at the market, and no matter what get incredible discounts if not free sometimes. Of course, I do not plan to operate or depend on that, but if I were to go to one of my friends and tell him my plan and eventually, if my business were to thrive, get discounts nevertheless for wholesale. Juicing though, in itself, especially with a high quality juicer, does not (is not supposed to) remove any vitamins, minerals, nutrients from the plant, it is only supposed to remove the fiber. The idea behind it is that instead of eating 10 apples , or 5 lbs of spinach, or whatever, which would be an entire meal almost, you can still get all the nutrients from eating those plants, without becoming full. Basically, you are able to "dope yourself up" with an incredibly high amounts of nutrients which offer benefits such as higher energy, high vitamin C prevents and reverses many diseases, etc. I am aware of the fruit juicing though, it is bad for many people , especially diabetics. Though, if one is healthy, and without yeasts or parasites in the body (which feed on the sugars) it is extremely healthy and offers many benefits. I was thinking of doing more detoxifying drink though, such as beet juice, wheatgrass, etc. rather than simply apple juice, orange juice, etc. Lastly, it is actually the pasteurized (boiled) fruit juices which are 100% unhealthy, and also laced with tons of sugar as well as other additives. Raw juice is seen as one of the healthiest things among "foodies" as far as I know. I have also worked in health food stores and for farmers, and juicing seems to be one thing that they all do for their health. The only reoccuring concern is that it is extremely expensive. I am not sure I understand your last 2 sentences but if you could clarify that and/or respond to this I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help nevertheless. Jake Last thing, just to clarify, I am totally aware, sugar is the main cause of obesity and fibre is also one of the most essential nutrients in human development and health. Raw juices, as far as I understand, are intended for healthy people, to become healthier. An unhealthy person should definitely not be consuming a very sugary drink. Neverthless, a kale and spinach drink for the average person should be fine (providing they can withstand the flavor), it is the high sugar content and low fibre which is the problem.

Hi everyone. I am asking anyone for their advice / opinion, and seeing as you all, on some level, support this kind of thing, I would love to get all your thoughts. First of all, what I am trying to do is start my own business, juicing raw, local organic vegetables and fruits and the farmers market. Of course, looking more into running a food business (or any business) , the many government regulations are a complete obstacle serving very little to no purpose. Anyways, a rant also serves no purpose, especially as I feel drawn to run this business anyways. Having worked at many markets, I see there is no stand that offers this, and think it could be a wonderful way to serve people, support local farmers, and make some money as people wake up to living and eating healthy. Anyways, I have come up with a few names for my business which is what I am mainly asking anyone to share their thoughts on the name I could use which is attractive, what is appealing to you (and you think would be to others), etc. Any advice, time and thoughts are welcome and greatly appreciated. Here is my long list, put down to the ones I think are the best. -Rise & Shine -Sweet Inspiration -Triumph -Swift -Harmony -Harmonize -Integrated -Unified -Balance -Poise -Stability -Blend -Blends of Harmony -Its Environmental -Nurturing Health -Sprouting Change -Sprouting Immunity - Local Haven - Rawganic -Revitalize - Revive the System - Kickin Blues -Juicing Change I really appreciate all your time in reading this and trying to help and appreciate everyone possibly being interested in organics and trying to serve a more sustainable, efficient and positive future. For anyone who is interested, I am planning to start by setting up and paying commission to a different vendor, at their stand, while attracting customers to them as well. Starting with buying very little produce, and always purchasing more during the market. If anyone has any background in graphic design or anything, I am really doing this and would be more than happy to pay someone to help me make a logo, sign, or any that if my business really does thrive. I would love any criticism, thoughts, feedback, etc. especially before I go out and spend money on an expensive juicer. Thanks again. Jake

Agreed. Another big issue is GMOs; as well as certain pesticides that are killing bees. 1/4th of the entire bee population died this last winter. Nothing can survive without plants and pollinators. People here, also seem to be supporters of GMOs, which is incredible to me, seeing as this is a place where we are pushed to research, dismantle propaganda, and think rationally. Please feel free to comment and debate. My biggest concerns at the moment though, are the GMOs and pesticides killing our pollinators. A close 2nd would be deforestation, nuclear energy (fukushima) - which you seemed to downplay a bit as it cesium-137 is highly toxic and wont leave the environment for decades, geoengeneering (govt/military dropping heavy metals for "global warming") and much more.

Hi Jake

Basically, I am living with my father, he is abusive, I am 16, and I feel it is time to leave and stand up. I lost my mom at age of 10, so she is not around. I feel like my only option is to try to sue my father for child support, which is not really what I want to do because its using the state, and so on. But in the past he would hit me, I pushed him once and he called the cops anyways. He also said I was a drug dealer and said he had some which he had taken away a few days ago. Anyways recently, yesterday, my dad hit me for the first time in a while and I am kind of fearful, anxious and not sure what to do. Can anyone please offer some advice? I put myself in foster care previously and it was basically prison (no going out past 9 or 10pm or theyll call the cops) and stuff to that effect. Long story short, according to laws, once I have turned 16 I cant even go into foster care anyways (the old case was closed). I dont see any or many options. But I feel I must leave. I also have no friends or family friends or family that I could stay at or really trust. Any advice would be deeply valued. Thanks Jake

Hi Im not sure where your located or if you have a place but I am an experienced farmer looking for work (I want to eventually be a farmer), though only 16. Tons of experience with Organic farming, biodynamic farming and so on. Ill take a look at your blog too but if you need any help with anything Id pay to help out !

Well I just want to say my experience which is... Recently, I have only had girl friends (girls that are friends). I dont have a single guy friend. Never really had, that was a real friend. I have, on the other hand, had real friends that are girls. Not sure how this helps or what is means but that has been my experience, oddly.