[Market-farming] Biodegradable Mesh Tubing?

Jerry and Marienne kreitlow at cmgate.com
Tue Jan 29 17:43:15 EST 2008


Hi folks,

I use plastic mesh tubing for packaging my garlic and onions.  We do  
everything from small packages with two garlic up to 10# bags, all  
with our own farm label sealing the top of the bag.  We like that we  
have a selection of colors (red, green, purple) to differentiate  
varieties, and we like that the customer can clearly see what they're  
getting.  But we don't like that the mesh is not the most  
environmentally friendly material.

My question:  is there an alternative material?  Something that would  
still give us product visibility, be as easy to use in assembling the  
packages, and have a lighter "footprint"?  Is there such as thing as  
organic cotton mesh net tubing?  Or biodegradable corn or soybean  
plastic mesh?

Thanks for your help!

Jerry Ford
Living Song
Howard Lake, MN
Zone 3/4




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