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Phinnaeus Gage

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Quote from: LifeOnBitcoin on September 22, 2013, 01:02:16 AM

This farmer, Clint Felsted, accepts bitcoin for shares in his Community Supported Agriculture operation La Nay Ferme.

http://youtu.be/WBhR05EQt2s

If I would have read the name of the author of the above post prior to watching the video, I wouldn't have said to myself at its onset, "That looks like Beccy." Nice video.

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Quote from: FeedbackLoop on September 20, 2013, 01:07:55 PM

Quote from: lonestranger on September 02, 2013, 06:13:21 AM

Now that I've bought land I definitely plan to sell food for bitcoin. My farm will focus on high-quality, free range pork and chicken. When the food forest crops come in we'll have many kinds of berries and fruits, and eventually nuts.

I need something that I can ship out to internet customers. Any ideas?

I envy you...

What mkbit said. I would drop the meat.

Noooo! I never got to sample the candied bacon that Bitpantry sold before they closed shop.

I've already got a source for awesome baklava, now I need some delicious meats too!

GreenBits

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this is great idea, i often wish i could purchase ingredients like produce and meat (i like to cook) rather than food (ala Gyft).

but i must say, when you look at it, people have been trading bitcoin for "horticultural products" (read: pot) quite extensively via the Tor drug markets.. if one were to look at the capitalization on these markets, i wonder how highly "farm" products would rank in the bitcoin economy?

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Seriously, I am hoping someday my Bitcoins will be worth enough to buy a big farm in Brazil and grow organic fruits and veggies on fertile soil and give people a healthy food options to buy with or without Bitcoin.

I am not going to buy fancy cars and houses if Bitcoin becomes $10k, instead I just want to live a natural off-the-grid life with a family, dog, and a nice garden with a natural water source nearby.

Thats pretty much my dream.

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Quote from: Snail2 on September 22, 2013, 12:12:52 PM

Good idea but farmers are usually conservative people. I think they will not jump immediately into the bitcoin business.

Conservatives hate the fed, like capitalism and like saving money.
I wouldn't be surprised if they made up a large portion of the bitcoin economy, in the US atleast.

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Good idea but farmers are usually conservative people. I think they will not jump immediately into the bitcoin business.

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You might find this interesting:

Local Produce Vending Machines in France

LifeOnBitcoin

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This farmer, Clint Felsted, accepts bitcoin for shares in his Community Supported Agriculture operation La Nay Ferme.

http://youtu.be/WBhR05EQt2s

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Quote from: marcotheminer on September 19, 2013, 11:21:17 PM

Quote from: Trillium on September 02, 2013, 02:16:32 AM

Quote from: monbux on September 01, 2013, 04:41:32 PM

That would actually be amazing! At my place, our grocery shops have auto-checkout, it would be amazing to have bitcoins has a payment option

Yeah and you can stand there for up to 15 minutes waiting for the first confirmation if its a slow block Wink

I second that! Unless confirmation speeds decrease and arrive in the wallet of the reciever faster I doubt people will accept it as widely..

15 minutes? I've waited as long as 40 minutes for a confirmation... Mind you that was before there was new ASIC hardware constantly being plugged in.

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Some great ideas here

I have seen one guy selling honey on this forum. They even come in honeycomb six sided glass containers!

Selling food products for Bitcoin is great, you have to keep in mind it has to be done on a local level for food that goes bad quickly.

Nuts, honey, grains, jerky, coffee.... and others are great for shipping all over the US and world because they do not spoil easily (as franky said).

Someone else mentioned essentials, that's a great idea... like a Bitcoin 99 Cents Only Store Cheesy

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id stick to the stuff that you would usually find dry, like nuts, spices, seasonings, herbs(no not drugs, food flavourings) you know the stuff that wil last along time and will hold freshness.

meat requires refrigeration and cooking, slaughtering... basically alot of prep work.

you can make jams(you yanks call it jelly), peanut butter which lasts long time without much prep work.

think foodstore cupboards and pantry foods, as oppose to refrigerator food

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Quote from: lonestranger on September 02, 2013, 06:13:21 AM

Now that I've bought land I definitely plan to sell food for bitcoin. My farm will focus on high-quality, free range pork and chicken. When the food forest crops come in we'll have many kinds of berries and fruits, and eventually nuts.

I need something that I can ship out to internet customers. Any ideas?

I envy you...

What mkbit said. I would drop the meat.

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Quote from: lonestranger on September 02, 2013, 06:13:21 AM

I need something that I can ship out to internet customers. Any ideas?

Honey, Dried Fruits, Nuts

You know, hippy shit.

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Quote from: Trillium on September 02, 2013, 02:16:32 AM

Quote from: monbux on September 01, 2013, 04:41:32 PM

That would actually be amazing! At my place, our grocery shops have auto-checkout, it would be amazing to have bitcoins has a payment option

Yeah and you can stand there for up to 15 minutes waiting for the first confirmation if its a slow block Wink

I second that! Unless confirmation speeds decrease and arrive in the wallet of the reciever faster I doubt people will accept it as widely..

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Quote from: franky1 on September 02, 2013, 09:22:50 PM

i think everyone is forgetting the big news that happened in april that caused the big $$ of bitcoin..

april was the month of

FOODLER

12k restaurants/fast food places accepting bitcoin, the biggest single mainstreaming achievement of bitcoin, all in one day.. and as the name of the site suggests it sells FOOD.

next thing is to help the canadians, british, and europeans.. by getting Just-eat.com to accept bitcoins. then the world can survive on food via bitcoins. (although just-eat is more of just evening fastfood/junk food type of places)

anyone suggest any fresh food/salad delivery services/ coffee services that have online payment/ordering options. please push them to accept bitcoin.

food
home hygiene
household bills

are the 3 main things that will make bitcoin an everyday use currency, and not a specialist item currency

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i think everyone is forgetting the big news that happened in april that caused the big $$ of bitcoin..

april was the month of

FOODLER

12k restaurants/fast food places accepting bitcoin, the biggest single mainstreaming achievement of bitcoin, all in one day.. and as the name of the site suggests it sells FOOD.

next thing is to help the canadians, british, and europeans.. by getting Just-eat.com to accept bitcoins. then the world can survive on food via bitcoins. (although just-eat is more of just evening fastfood/junk food type of places)

anyone suggest any fresh food/salad delivery services/ coffee services that have online payment/ordering options. please push them to accept bitcoin.

food
home hygiene
household bills

are the 3 main things that will make bitcoin an everyday use currency, and not a specialist item currency

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I believe that the following points are applicable:

One of the advantages of Bitcoins over fiat currency is its relative anonymity of income
Selling smaller volume, high-value agricultural products would best utilize the anonymity advantages
Selling via the internet, with income via Bitcoin, would also utilize the anonymity advantages
The advantages of Bitcoin income would be reduced if the possibility of selling for cash also exists

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Okay, jerkey and scrapple it is. The ganja I will keep for meself!

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Quote from: lonestranger on September 02, 2013, 06:13:21 AM

Now that I've bought land I definitely plan to sell food for bitcoin. My farm will focus on high-quality, free range pork and chicken. When the food forest crops come in we'll have many kinds of berries and fruits, and eventually nuts.

I need something that I can ship out to internet customers. Any ideas?

jerky. and fkn scrapple!

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Quote from: lonestranger on September 02, 2013, 06:13:21 AM

Now that I've bought land I definitely plan to sell food for bitcoin. My farm will focus on high-quality, free range pork and chicken. When the food forest crops come in we'll have many kinds of berries and fruits, and eventually nuts.

I need something that I can ship out to internet customers. Any ideas?

ganja

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