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  • From: Aaron Brower <aaronbrower AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] ginger
  • Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:24:07 -0700 (PDT)

We also grew ginger this year, along with some farming friends a few towns away. We have it just for our CSA but our friend's farm sells his at market for $20/lb. He sells it with the tops still left on. It is a show stopper at market. 
We got the idea from a farm in mass that got a sare grant to grow it. http://www.oldfriendsfarm.com/ 
We ordered through these people -  http://www.hawaiianorganicginger.com/
We will definitely be doing more in the future as well.
Aaron

From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New crop for Au Naturel Farm's high tunnels

Well, that was a difficult decision.  We asked a friend who manages a natural food co-op in Lexington, KY, about pricing, and they sell organic ginger – mature of course – from Peru for $5.99 per pound.  So, we decided to price ours at $4.50 per HALF pound, which sounds like a lot less than $9.00 per pound. I would imagine in a larger “city” market, one could get a lot more.  But, at $9.00 per pound, it should still turn a tidy profit.  And, I have to admit, we just liked growing something that cool! Not to mention it freezes well, so we can use it all winter – ginger beer, ginger ale, pickled ginger, candied ginger, ginger syrup, ginger cake, ginger in our tea….
 
Alison
 
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Barking Cat Farm
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:59 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New crop for Au Naturel Farm's high tunnels
 
 
On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Wiediger, Alison wrote:
 
We have put a few pictures up on our website, and plan to add additional pictures showing the growing process later.  It has been a joy to grow, and was a lot of fun to sell at the market on Saturday. Customers really did a double-take at locally grown ginger in South Central Kentucky!  When you have time, take a look:
 
 
 
Sounds really cool Alison, what did you sell it for at the market?
 
Kim
Texas
 

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