GrowerTalks' Q. of the Week Results

What's the best way to get kids started gardening?
The old-fashioned way: get them out in the dirt at an early age.		80%
Speak their language: use the Internet and computers to get them interested.		17%
Forget the kids, go after their parents. That's who's got the money.		1%
Today's kids are a lost cause compared to MY generation.		2%

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Previous GrowerTalks Surveys

What's your biggest business worry?
Fuel costs—you know how much it costs to heat this joint or run a truck route?		18%
Labor—this immigration business could really cause me some workforce challenges!		43%
Sales—we MUST create more demand for our products!		37%
I'm like Alfred E. Newman: "What, me worry?"		2%

Do you wish we had the Dutch auction system here in the US?
It’d be awesome! I wouldn’t have to market my plants anymore. I could focus on growing them.		33%
No way! Auctions remove competition and cause prices to drop. I’ll do my own selling, thank you.		52%
If the market conditions were right (like around Vancouver and Ontario), it would be a good way to move a portion of my production.		15%
If the market conditions were right (like around Vancouver and Ontario), it would be a good way to move a portion of my production.		0%

Has the consolidation of greenhouse businesses through venture capital money been good or bad for our industry?
It's excellent! Outside investment provides the capital necessary for businesses to grow and expand, so they can better serve their customers.		22%
It stinks! Wall Street has proven that it doesn't understand the greenhouse business. Tell them to put their money into burger joints or computer companies.		32%
Who cares? It's a free country. Let them do what they want it doesn't affect me.		24%
Hey, if they're cutting checks with lots of zeros, I'm selling!		22%