Bill Althouse believes in the ethic of his 15 year experience at the Santa Fe farmers market. There was a casual practice among the farmers of mutual aid. A farmer would come by Bill’s booth needing a giant flower bouquet for their loved one. “Take what you want,” Bill would say. Then later, when Bill would go by their table, the farmer would respond, “Take what you want.” The clones offer is essentially, “here you go.” It shows confidence and trust in other organic farmers as the beginning of a fruitful, reciprocal relationship.
