[Market-farming] clamshell strawberry boxes, was Trellis netting

Bobbett bobbett at alltel.net
Wed Apr 29 19:59:50 EDT 2009


Tammy Jones wrote:

>Has anyone had any luck with using clamshells for display, but 
>transferring to recyclable bags or containers for sale?  I remember as a 
>child, the farmer always kept the wooden berry baskets.
>
We don't use clam shells but do re-use the pint and quart plastic 
containers that food from the supermarket comes in.  We reuse them until 
they get cracked or don't come clean.

The local market stands/stores around here generally have their fruits 
displayed in pint or quart containers.  When you purchase, they dump the 
items into a clean plastic bag and they keep the containers.  I learned 
from the, so that's how I do things at my farm, too.  No one's complained.

Bobbett, KY zone 6
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M19189





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