Anything to take the edge off costs. The big challenge is the cost of diesel. I paid 75 cents a gallon in the 1990s, and when I bought recently, I paid $2.32. |
I think it's an interesting project and a great way to demonstrate that students here at Ball State care about what happened last semester. |
We get hit both ways now because all markets are distant. I buy diesel - 4,000 to 5,000 gallons a year - for our operations, then I have to pay for transportation to market. |
We're holding off negotiations for a contract to see if there is any new money. If it's not there, it's not there. |
We're hoping the canned goods go to homeless people. And we're hoping the money we raise goes to cancer research at Children's Hospital in Birmingham. |