Market Farming

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>wow 

at sf farmers market we get:

snow peas $6 /#;sugar snaps $6.5:$3.25 wholesale 
spinach $8 ie. $2 per 1/4 pound:$5 wholesale to cooperative store
got out of salad mix not sufficient return for labor too much competition

potatoes $2/# 1.5 over 10 pounds;fingelings $2.5

heirloom tomatoes are $3.50 a pound 

then agin irrigated 'farm' land is 35-50k ....an acre actually its the
developemnt value not the ag value..

real food for real prices... i dont get a check from the usda or  adm nor do
i suspect most of the other farmers on the list  maybe we should !

martin



We have a good niche at resturants with arugula (which I am now aware that
>$4.00lb is way too low), salad mix @ $5.00lb if they buy 5lbs or more
>otherwise it is $7lb, fresh garlic@ $1 per bulb, Shallots ($3lb), baby
>squash @ $3.50lb and french beans/haricot verts at $3lb.
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>At farmer's markets organic eggs @ $2.75 sell well as do the lettuces @
>$4lb, salad mix @ $7lb, garlic @ $1ea, bright lights chard @$2lb and
>heirloom tomatoes @$1.50lb. We also have raspberries, pears and strawberries
>which no one else has at any of our markets.
>This year I will try golden beets-I have planted them in the past with bad
>results. This year I think they will get planted into soil blocks and
>transplanted out instead of direct seeding because they have such bad
>germination and I have so few seed-but at least I got some seed today (yay!)
>from seed saver after ordering from 3 different companies and finding all
>but one were already out.
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>Lucy Goodman-Owsley
>Boulder Belt CSA
>New Paris, OH
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Martin Connaughton
Wilderness Flowers
223 North Guadalupe St.  pmb # 159
Santa Fe, NM 87501
zone 3-4-5 depending on mother nature .. zone 5 this year and no snow

5059898337 office/home
5057578337 farm april/november
5059203421 cell