[Market-farming] introduction

Hmgrant77 at cs.com Hmgrant77 at cs.com
Fri Mar 13 13:10:42 EDT 2009


Hi Lynn-

When I first started contacting grocery stores I was worried about things 
like product and liability insurance, but to my surprise my local stores were 
very welcoming and this insurance was not necessary.  Actually they were 
surprised I even asked about it.  I am located in Western NYS and the biggest grocery 
chain we have is Wegmans.  I approached my local Wegmans and it was very 
simple- the produce manager gave me some paperwork to fill out and they are always 
looking for local farmers to work with if they need the particular produce.  
They do have some regulations now with certain types of produce like broad leaf 
greens and tomatoes- the farmers have to have a state certification showing 
they had been inspected which is not cheap I guess.  Pumpkins luckily were not 
part of this.  I think I have made good connections with three grocery stores 
here that we will try to work with this fall.  The managers were very helpful 
and eager to work with local farmers.  Hopefully your stores may begin to open 
up to that more- did you try the smaller grocery stores?  

Sincerely
Heather</HTML>


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