[Market-farming] Lettuce price?
Elaine Granata
elainegranata at msn.com
Wed Jul 1 20:21:20 EDT 2009
Lynn: I know of a farmer who does an honor system farm stand at her farm --
she has a cash box at the stand and people help themselves and leave their
money in the cash box. She has almost never been ripped off, as I recall.
Might that be an option for you?
Elaine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Lettuce price?
> What do you all get for mixed baby lettuce? I raise Johnny's Wildfire mix;
> pretty red and green leaf lettuce. I cut it young, triple-wash and bag it
> in
> 1/2 lb. bags (that mix goes for $3.99/half-pound in the grocery store).
>
> In the past, I've had an on-farm stand, but I'm a one-person operation and
> a
> farm stand took too much time away from farming. I decided this year to
> try
> selling through someone else's farm stand here that features 'local
> produce'. She offered me $.50/bag for my baby lettuce (she sells it for
> $1/bag...I was getting $2/bag 2 years ago). I also have early green beans
> (probably the only local ones available this early...I start them in cell
> packs and transplant under row covers), and she offered an insulting price
> for those, too..
>
> Our farmers' market in town has 2-3 vendors, and they mostly just sell
> stuff
> to each other..some weeks they don't make the $5 vendor fee. I don't
> raise
> enough to justify taking it 50+ miles to the nearest decent farmers'
> market.
> Is selling in my own farm stand, at my own prices, spending more on
> advertising than I make some weeks, the only answer? Sheesh...no wonder
> farmers need day jobs!
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
>
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