[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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