the farmers wife: entrepreneur
"All you need to go into the pumpkin business is a small piece of land and some pumpkin seeds. Most small roadside pumpkin stand are on the honor system. This person had the pumpkins marked with little signs, and you simply leave the money in a box.
Likewise, the fresh egg businesses. One farm wife has a refrigerator next to one of the outbuildings. You take the eggs out of the fridge and leave the money in a container. It's called trust - it works."
This wouldn't work everywhere. Something about the size of a community, and people's ability to perceive themselves as members of a community, allows it. But this kind of faith in people's essential goodness is an essential part of optimism. The Farmer's Wife has become one of my favorite photo blogs, with usually a single daily post that illustrates something about rural life with an incredible photo. Added to the Blogroll today.
