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  • From: "Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Practical Matters
  • Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:05:35 -0400


> 1. Again, does anyone have a source for boxes for tomatoes? I'm assuming
> cardboard. I've ruined many a tomato in transport. I'm thinking something
I
> can take to the filed and transport to market in one go is a good thing.

Bread trays make excellent tomato transports. I kept in contact with a
friend who delivered bread, and when they'd have a few to dispose of, I'd
take them. With the holes underneath, it was handy to run a water hose over
the tomatoes, then allowed to sit to dry & for air circulation. The
self-stacking trays were best, though they didn't hold alot of tomatos. I
also used ordinary dish drainers when I first started. Can be picked up
real cheap at yard sales, thrift stores, etc--put out the word to friends,
too. Once sales increased, I needed a more stable source of quantity, hence
the bread trays.

Liz Pike






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