[Market-farming] introduction

Lynn Wigglesworth lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 13 14:05:46 EDT 2009


We only have two grocery stores within 20 miles...BiLo and Weis. They seem 
very rigid and 'corporate'.  There's a little mom and pop store...I 
sometimes sell excess eggs through them, but they grow a lot of their own 
produce. A new produce store (large farm stand, really) opened last year; 
they grow mostly sweet corn and buy the rest of the produce; I will 
certainly talk to them, and have a good feeling about them supporting local 
farmers.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
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> 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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