[Market-farming] Price checks
Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland
rootsfarm at cwdom.dm
Sun Jun 22 17:31:13 EDT 2008
We have a possibility of selling organic produce to a restaurant on a
nearby U.S. owned island which is currently importing produce from far
away to serve its major clientele of luxury yachters. Does anyone have
recent experience/suggestions with pricing high end, really beautiful:
arugula
cucumbers
basil
hot peppers
sweet peppers
eggplant
?
Our regular Dominica market pricing is not comparable for so many reasons.
My prime interest is still (healthy) food security for our island, but a
chance to also make significant income elsewhere may help us weather the
many challenges of organic farming here and thus help us stay in
business to serve the local market and help preserve the local
environment. Last year we hoped would be our break even year, but the
ravages of disease tristesia destroyed 6+ acres of our citrus plantings
(our main cash crop) and hurricane Dean last August then set us back
about 2-3 months for vegetables, 6-9 months for plantains, bananas,
etc. and knocked most of the young avocado crop off the trees. If we
escape hurricane, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc., maybe this
year............
Thanks for any information and best wishes to all,
Karen
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Karen Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm at cwdom.dm <mailto:rootsfarm at marpin.dm>
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