From mikerock at mhtc.net Mon Oct 10 09:26:47 2016 From: mikerock at mhtc.net (Mike Rock) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:26:47 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] farming in space with NASA.. Message-ID: Just came on this interesting topic. Enjoy. http://www.nasa.gov/feature/veg-03-plant-pillows-readied-at-kennedy-space-center-for-trip-to-space-station --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From kenbez at hotmail.com Mon Oct 10 09:36:22 2016 From: kenbez at hotmail.com (Ken Bezilla) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:36:22 +0000 Subject: [Market-farming] farming in space with NASA.. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is super interesting stuff! "Outredgeous" lettuce was bred by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed, so I get a big kick out of thinking, hey, I know Frank Morton, so that makes me only a few degrees of separation from space station astronauts... One of the biggest challenges of space farming on the space station is zero gravity -- they can't let soil particles be drifting all over the place, so they have to grow greens in those weird plant pillows. Ken Bezilla central VA ________________________________ From: Market-farming on behalf of Mike Rock Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 9:26 AM To: Market Farming Subject: [Market-farming] farming in space with NASA.. Just came on this interesting topic. Enjoy. http://www.nasa.gov/feature/veg-03-plant-pillows-readied-at-kennedy-space-center-for-trip-to-space-station [http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/veg-03_preps_gioia.jpg] Veg-03 Plant Pillows Readied at Kennedy Space Center for ... www.nasa.gov Plant pillows containing cabbage and lettuce seeds for the Veg-03 experiment were prepared inside the Veggie flight laboratory at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market-farming Info Page - ibiblio lists.ibiblio.org About Market Farming: Market Farming provides the small-scale farmer a way to network with other farmers, to discuss appropriate scale production methods, equipment ... 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In June 2015 we brought on a full timer who we still have. For us, the decision to hire help has been both a profitability decision (we can produce a lot more stuff with help; another person means another farmers market) and a quality of life decision (it's really good to be able to leave the farm once in a while.) We have around 1 acre of produce and 4800 square feet of high tunnel space. We're increasing to 3 acres for 2017 and I'm currently trying to figure out how much more help I'll need to hire, among other pen and paper planning decisions. Lisa Burke Farming Engineers central In z5b From mikerock at mhtc.net Sun Oct 23 10:31:24 2016 From: mikerock at mhtc.net (Mike Rock) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 09:31:24 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger Message-ID: Well, ginger was a waste of time this year. Late germination, slow growth and small yields. Anyone else have better luck? Weird year. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From rstewart at zoomtown.com Sun Oct 23 10:57:05 2016 From: rstewart at zoomtown.com (Richard Stewart) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:57:05 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B2A49CE-769E-408E-999C-891315A561F5@zoomtown.com> We had mixed results. This was my fault though. I planted late. We will still end up harvesting about 200 pounds or so. It should have been twice that which makes me very sad. I wanted to honor our sales to the local brewer first and as we harvest to meet their needs any overage gets sold at market. The late planting also means we are late getting our autumn planting of greens in root crops into he high tunnel. Double dose of the bad news in that regard. Going to have a better strategy in 2017 for getting them in the ground earlier. I was gun shy after two years of polar vortexes hammering us late in winter. Other the a couple frosts in spring, the warming trend began in February and never stopped. Bah on me for not recognizing it. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 A Chefs? Collaborative Member (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on: Facebook @ Carriage House Farm Twitter @CarriageHsFm Instagram @carriage_house_farm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > On Oct 23, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Mike Rock wrote: > > Well, ginger was a waste of time this year. Late germination, slow growth and small yields. > Anyone else have better luck? Weird year. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Sun Oct 23 12:23:40 2016 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:23:40 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Also late germination, slow growth, small yields; and very poor germination. The last might be my fault, though; I think I'm still having problems judging how wet to keep the mix. The plant that did best was actually one that had overwintered in a pot of potting soil in the house -- it had died back and appeared dead for several months, but came back to life in spring. So I'm trying doing more of that this year. I'm not too worried about ginger diseases this far north if the ginger wasn't diseased in the first place. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikerock at mhtc.net Sun Oct 23 13:05:23 2016 From: mikerock at mhtc.net (Mike Rock) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:05:23 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0ac2c18a-9df6-b238-21b3-cccae8b99b24@mhtc.net> Rivka, Thanks for that tip. I thought my potted ones had died off so they went into compost. Should have had some faith! On 10/23/2016 11:23 AM, Road's End Farm wrote: > Also late germination, slow growth, small yields; and very poor > germination. The last might be my fault, though; I think I'm still > having problems judging how wet to keep the mix. > > The plant that did best was actually one that had overwintered in a > pot of potting soil in the house -- it had died back and appeared dead > for several months, but came back to life in spring. So I'm trying > doing more of that this year. I'm not too worried about ginger > diseases this far north if the ginger wasn't diseased in the first place. > > > > > -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think > Fresh-market organic produce, small scale > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From txbeefarmer at gmail.com Sun Oct 23 13:15:24 2016 From: txbeefarmer at gmail.com (TxBeeFarmer) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:15:24 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] Turmeric Root Stock Message-ID: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> I'm looking buy some Turmeric Root Stock. I live in west Texas in the Midland Odessa area. Anyone know where I can get some? Thanks Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Sun Oct 23 13:23:20 2016 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:23:20 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Turmeric Root Stock In-Reply-To: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> References: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 23, 2016, at 1:15 PM, TxBeeFarmer wrote: > I?m looking buy some Turmeric Root Stock. I live in west Texas in the Midland Odessa area. Anyone know where I can get some? > Thanks > Mark The people who sell ginger also list tumeric. I don't know whether orders have opened for the year yet; they usually open at the beginning of November, and sell out fast on many items. http://www.hawaiianorganicginger.com/ -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen at rootsfarm.info Sun Oct 23 14:05:10 2016 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:05:10 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Turmeric Root Stock In-Reply-To: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> References: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> Message-ID: <38F9EBD5-3E53-4A97-90D2-0E45C6A30CED@rootsfarm.info> Would love to provide you with some lovely organic (noncertified) turmeric root stock from Dominica but at present U.S. only permits imported turmeric from 5 countries. Officials at APHIS/USDA said just have your Gov?t Ag people apply ? no problem getting on admissible list. Have been trying for 2+ years to get our Ministry of Ag to do the official necessities but ?sigh ? Caribbean time??. Growing turmeric so similar to growing ginger. Again, plant life cycle is to die back to roots when mature, then spring again months later. Rhizomes keep getting bigger and more plentiful. Here is an almost no work plant (except for harvest). Tried Galangal (another of wonderful ginger family) which makes HUGE lovely plants with serious, hard to extricate rhizomes. No sign of die-back. Best wishes to all, Karen Roots Farm Organic Produce Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs Cochrane, DOMINICA 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) karen at rootsfarm.info On Oct 23, 2016, at 1:15 PM, TxBeeFarmer wrote: I?m looking buy some Turmeric Root Stock. I live in west Texas in the Midland Odessa area. Anyone know where I can get some? Thanks Mark _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From organic87 at frontiernet.net Sun Oct 23 14:21:29 2016 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:21:29 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] overwintering ginger treatment? In-Reply-To: <38F9EBD5-3E53-4A97-90D2-0E45C6A30CED@rootsfarm.info> References: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> <38F9EBD5-3E53-4A97-90D2-0E45C6A30CED@rootsfarm.info> Message-ID: <47B2B80F-E5F3-4648-B833-041D0A2DA9FC@frontiernet.net> On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:05 PM, karen wrote: > Again, plant life cycle is to die back to roots when mature, then spring again months later. Karen, how much water should be applied to potted ginger during the die-back period? I did water that plant some; but don't know whether it would have done better or worse if I'd let it dry entirely for a while. Thanks -- -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen at rootsfarm.info Sun Oct 23 14:34:26 2016 From: karen at rootsfarm.info (karen) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:34:26 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] overwintering ginger treatment? In-Reply-To: <47B2B80F-E5F3-4648-B833-041D0A2DA9FC@frontiernet.net> References: <002001d22d51$0bc61ee0$23525ca0$@Gmail.com> <38F9EBD5-3E53-4A97-90D2-0E45C6A30CED@rootsfarm.info> <47B2B80F-E5F3-4648-B833-041D0A2DA9FC@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: <1F7B4531-5225-4A68-A590-A907F29B4973@rootsfarm.info> I really haven?t dealt with it in pots, but we have a very serious dry season here so plants can go even 2 months without a drink and still come back. Other years, they may get a splash now and again and also come back just fine. How much of such ability is due to natural partnerships in a natural soil that may be missing in a Northern pot????? And, I haven?t paid attention to differences in productivity under such varying conditions. (Gave up formal plantings of turmeric (for at least a while) and have gone Fukuoka style.) I think I?d try letting a few potted ones go dry for a few weeks, then start watering. And, I?d also experiment with variations, but avoiding for at least a while, the sumptuous watering that so inspires turmeric rebirth (and rot if soil conditions wrong). All best wishes, K Roots Farm Organic Produce Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs Cochrane, DOMINICA 767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.) karen at rootsfarm.info On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:21 PM, Road's End Farm wrote: On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:05 PM, karen wrote: > Again, plant life cycle is to die back to roots when mature, then spring again months later. Karen, how much water should be applied to potted ginger during the die-back period? I did water that plant some; but don't know whether it would have done better or worse if I'd let it dry entirely for a while. 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URL: From etienne at lejardinduvillage.ca Sun Oct 23 14:42:44 2016 From: etienne at lejardinduvillage.ca (Etienne Goyer) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:42:44 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger In-Reply-To: <4B2A49CE-769E-408E-999C-891315A561F5@zoomtown.com> References: <4B2A49CE-769E-408E-999C-891315A561F5@zoomtown.com> Message-ID: <4253164b-a223-5a97-7f12-87174dac84f7@lejardinduvillage.ca> When you say you planted late, when was that? I was planning on sprouting on heat mat in early March, and then translant in 5 gallons pots in a heated greenhouse in early April, aiming for an harvest around this time in October. On 16-10-23 10:57 AM, Richard Stewart wrote: > We had mixed results. This was my fault though. I planted late. We > will still end up harvesting about 200 pounds or so. It should have > been twice that which makes me very sad. I wanted to honor our sales to > the local brewer first and as we harvest to meet their needs any overage > gets sold at market. The late planting also means we are late getting > our autumn planting of greens in root crops into he high tunnel. Double > dose of the bad news in that regard. > > Going to have a better strategy in 2017 for getting them in the ground > earlier. I was gun shy after two years of polar vortexes hammering us > late in winter. Other the a couple frosts in spring, the warming trend > began in February and never stopped. Bah on me for not recognizing it. > > Richard Stewart > Carriage House Farm > North Bend, Ohio > > An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 > > A Chefs? Collaborative Member > > (513) 967-1106 > http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com > rstewart at zoomtown.com > > You can follow us on: > > Facebook @ Carriage House Farm > Twitter @CarriageHsFm > Instagram @carriage_house_farm > > */P/*lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > >> On Oct 23, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Mike Rock > > wrote: >> >> Well, ginger was a waste of time this year. Late germination, slow >> growth and small yields. >> Anyone else have better luck? Weird year. >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Market-farming mailing list >> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming >> >> Market Farming List Archives may be found here: >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ >> Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email >> address and password): >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > -- Etienne Goyer - Le Jardin du Village http://lejardinduvillage.wordpress.com "Changer le monde, une carotte ? la fois" From kakerby at aol.com Sun Oct 23 14:50:29 2016 From: kakerby at aol.com (Kathryn Kerby) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 11:50:29 -0700 Subject: [Market-farming] when to get interns or employees? Message-ID: <06e701d22d5e$54655af0$fd3010d0$@aol.com> Once again we're weighing the decision on using interns and/or employees for the 2017 season. I'm having a hard time figuring out whether it "pencils out" or not, because of all the variables. On a philosophical facet, I really like the idea of training a new generation of interns, such that the training is their "pay". But I hate a lot of the practical realities of that arrangement - totally green people coming onto the property and needing to be held by the hand for at least the first month or so. Then just as they become valuable, they leave. Employees present other pro's/con's, namely the better I pay them, the better the quality of personnel I can attract and keep. Yet meeting payroll becomes a bigger obligations and challenge. Are there rules of thumb for when to bring on either interns or employees, such that on one side of a threshold it doesn't make sense, while on the other side of that threshold it does? I'd appreciate any suggestions, advice, been-there-done-that sorts of wisdom. Thanks. Kathryn Kerby Frogchorusfarm.com Snohomish, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rstewart at zoomtown.com Sun Oct 23 20:55:01 2016 From: rstewart at zoomtown.com (Richard Stewart) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 20:55:01 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Ginger In-Reply-To: <4253164b-a223-5a97-7f12-87174dac84f7@lejardinduvillage.ca> References: <4B2A49CE-769E-408E-999C-891315A561F5@zoomtown.com> <4253164b-a223-5a97-7f12-87174dac84f7@lejardinduvillage.ca> Message-ID: We sprout in February. We plant in mid-March. Figure enough rhizomes to properly plant a 96x22 high tunnel. I allow them to set in open air and seal and then place in a 5 gallon bucket. Dense layer with a 2? void in the bottom so none are sitting feet wet. All buckets are on heat mats indoors. Then I water heavily and place plastic over the bucket so the condensation collects and drips back down. Once sprouted I wait till we have several days of warm weather and then plant. They will survive cold snaps even if the greens die back. So long as the soil temp doesn?t go below 50F everything seems to run OK. I got so tired with sourcing expensive seed stock from long distances and getting shorted that I just buy organic food grade yellow ginger. No difference in quality. Haven?t seen diseases pop up yet. Price is WAY cheaper as well. This next year I think, assuming we can expand our gardens onto a new property, double up again with a low tunnel planting and open air production over summer. Normally I grow them in a high tunnel, pull them white and pink, strong and fleshy. The goal is to sell something they cannot do well outside the region and ship in. Our price range has topped out at 20/lbs which is where it seems to sit well. We rotate in two crops over mid-autumn to late winter. We harvest and pull and let sit for a week then amend, till, and replant We sell to a local brewery for a canned beer. It is their winter seasonal. We sell about 1/2 to them which allows us to get enough out to start planting early autumn normally. One of our side projects is making vinegar. That is getting close to entering production once our new facility is up and running. On the side, for myself, I take left over ginger and candy it. The left over simple syrup is amazing. I give some to chefs for their pet projects and then the remainder I keep and make a simple wine out of and then acidify. We have had olds ask us more about Turmeric. We grew about 16 row feet three years ago and had trouble selling it. Which I know sounds crazy, but we did. The problem we had with Turmeric is how much time it needs to spend int he ground. But the time we are harvesting ginger, turmeric is still another month or two out for a decent yield. It starts bulking up LATE. Fun stuff. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 A Chefs? Collaborative Member (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on: Facebook @ Carriage House Farm Twitter @CarriageHsFm Instagram @carriage_house_farm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Etienne Goyer wrote: > > When you say you planted late, when was that? I was planning on > sprouting on heat mat in early March, and then translant in 5 gallons > pots in a heated greenhouse in early April, aiming for an harvest around > this time in October. > > > On 16-10-23 10:57 AM, Richard Stewart wrote: >> We had mixed results. This was my fault though. I planted late. We >> will still end up harvesting about 200 pounds or so. It should have >> been twice that which makes me very sad. I wanted to honor our sales to >> the local brewer first and as we harvest to meet their needs any overage >> gets sold at market. The late planting also means we are late getting >> our autumn planting of greens in root crops into he high tunnel. Double >> dose of the bad news in that regard. >> >> Going to have a better strategy in 2017 for getting them in the ground >> earlier. I was gun shy after two years of polar vortexes hammering us >> late in winter. Other the a couple frosts in spring, the warming trend >> began in February and never stopped. Bah on me for not recognizing it. >> >> Richard Stewart >> Carriage House Farm >> North Bend, Ohio >> >> An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 >> >> A Chefs? Collaborative Member >> >> (513) 967-1106 >> http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com >> rstewart at zoomtown.com >> >> You can follow us on: >> >> Facebook @ Carriage House Farm >> Twitter @CarriageHsFm >> Instagram @carriage_house_farm >> >> */P/*lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 23, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Mike Rock >> > wrote: >>> >>> Well, ginger was a waste of time this year. Late germination, slow >>> growth and small yields. >>> Anyone else have better luck? Weird year. >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Market-farming mailing list >>> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming >>> >>> Market Farming List Archives may be found here: >>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ >>> Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email >>> address and password): >>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Market-farming mailing list >> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming >> >> Market Farming List Archives may be found here: >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ >> Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email >> address and password): >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming >> > > -- > Etienne Goyer - Le Jardin du Village > http://lejardinduvillage.wordpress.com > > "Changer le monde, une carotte ? la fois" > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eglatyne at tds.net Sun Oct 23 23:41:42 2016 From: eglatyne at tds.net (eglatyne at tds.net) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:41:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Market-farming] ginger roots In-Reply-To: <1797962898.15831290.1477280296711.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: <1128848794.15842189.1477280502922.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Last year I grew ginger I bought organic ginger that was not good, for eating only, where is the place I can get better ginger to grow. I seem to remember the farm was in N. Carolina, and had east in the name. And it is good to read all of your comments they have been a little less. So Thank you and let me know the email address for the people who sell ginger root. Thanks Carol Thomas Sweet Briar 7a From organic87 at frontiernet.net Mon Oct 24 08:32:09 2016 From: organic87 at frontiernet.net (Road's End Farm) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:32:09 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] ginger roots In-Reply-To: <1128848794.15842189.1477280502922.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> References: <1128848794.15842189.1477280502922.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: On Oct 23, 2016, at 11:41 PM, eglatyne at tds.net wrote: > Last year I grew ginger I bought organic ginger that was not good, for eating only, where is the place I can get better ginger to grow. I seem to remember the farm was in N. Carolina, and had east in the name. And it is good to read all of your comments they have been a little less. So Thank you and let me know the email address for the people who sell ginger root. Thanks Carol Thomas Sweet Briar 7a You may be thinking of East Branch Ginger, who seem to no longer be in business. They used to order from Puna Organic, but Puna is now taking orders directly. Here's Puna, it's the same link I sent for tumeric source: http://www.hawaiianorganicginger.com/ again, ordering usually opens at the beginning of November, and they often sell out fast. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rstewart at zoomtown.com Thu Oct 27 09:55:57 2016 From: rstewart at zoomtown.com (Richard Stewart) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:55:57 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Software Ordering Wholesale In-Reply-To: References: <1128848794.15842189.1477280502922.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> Message-ID: <23A278EA-45E6-461C-ACBB-182FEA614451@zoomtown.com> Does anyone use Farmers? Web for managing wholesale accounts and ordering? A local food delivery service uses Local Orbit, which we use as a farm supplier to that business. It is another option as well. I would be curious to hear feed back on these as farmers using them to supply wholesale accounts. Or other options out there. We are close to getting our new space up and running with an actual office that can be used by my staff as opposed to me acting as the supreme overlord and I am starting to look at stuff that is multi-user-interface friendly, either office/field or office/field/delivery. Cheers! Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 A Chefs? Collaborative Member (513) 967-1106 http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com rstewart at zoomtown.com You can follow us on: Facebook @ Carriage House Farm Twitter @CarriageHsFm Instagram @carriage_house_farm Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at rhomestead.com Thu Oct 27 10:54:59 2016 From: lists at rhomestead.com (Beth Spaugh) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 10:54:59 -0400 Subject: [Market-farming] Software Ordering Wholesale In-Reply-To: <23A278EA-45E6-461C-ACBB-182FEA614451@zoomtown.com> References: <1128848794.15842189.1477280502922.JavaMail.zimbra@tds.net> <23A278EA-45E6-461C-ACBB-182FEA614451@zoomtown.com> Message-ID: <7779a262-4fa7-206c-24a9-743367f4a483@rhomestead.com> locallygrown.net has a great back-end. It allows wholesale and retail pricing. It really shines if you do collaborative marketing with other farmers. It breaks out sales per grower and emails them a list. Does all the what customer gets what from who and what grower gets paid how much. Works best with items that have a standard price, i.e. ground beef, vs chicken breasts that vary in price. As the software person it is easy to edit the orders with the final item price, but you need that info, so best if it is your own product or the other producers are good at getting the info to you evening before delivery. Software charge is 3% of sales (no charge for sales to other growers), plus I think 1/2% if you use the credit card integration through Stripe. We tried Stripe but had so many customers losing/replacing cards or cards reaching expiration date that we have gone to just using Square at delivery. On 10/27/2016 9:55 AM, Richard Stewart wrote: > Does anyone use Farmers? Web for managing wholesale accounts and > ordering? > > > A local food delivery service uses Local Orbit, which we use as a farm > supplier to that business. It is another option as well. > > > I would be curious to hear feed back on these as farmers using them to > supply wholesale accounts. > > Or other options out there. We are close to getting our new space up > and running with an actual office that can be used by my staff as > opposed to me acting as the supreme overlord and I am starting to look > at stuff that is multi-user-interface friendly, either office/field or > office/field/delivery. > > Cheers! > > Richard Stewart > Carriage House Farm > North Bend, Ohio > > An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 > > A Chefs? Collaborative Member > > (513) 967-1106 > http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com > rstewart at zoomtown.com > > You can follow us on: > > Facebook @ Carriage House Farm > Twitter @CarriageHsFm > Instagram @carriage_house_farm > > */P/*lease consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/ > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > address and password): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming -- Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikerock at mhtc.net Mon Oct 31 23:40:49 2016 From: mikerock at mhtc.net (Mike Rock) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:40:49 -0500 Subject: [Market-farming] Biker Dude Ginger letter Message-ID: Got a note today saying Ginger ordering is coming soon. Link: http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=49271029b0e5025068889ece4&id=9474a848fc&e=57a9d5fa82 He didn't mention the somewhat less than great results many of us had this year. By the by, how DID your harvest's go? Ours was small, small roots, due to such a late start growing. It just sat there for a long time. We are going to try Richard's method this coming spring. Thank you Richard! God bless --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus