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- From: "Robin & Steve Follette" <follette AT midmaine.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Scales
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:46:55 -0400
> to weight what???
Peas, green beans, tomatoes, etc. Typical
things going to farmers market.
> a certified scale costs.
mmmmm I've looked online at a few that have been $700-$800. I
won't be getting one that expensive.
> There is a company that advertises in Growing for Market:
Southeastern
> Fixtures and Liquidators Inc, phone 334-741-0550. They are used scales. > They list is $480. and they advertise the price at $150. I got one > before they started advertising and it's great! Thanks Marie. I'll contact them. $150-$200 is my price
range.
> The state guy comes once a year and checks mine and puts a
> sticker on to show it has been tested. We have to have them certified yearly here too.
>I bought that scale from GFM this year and I know it has more than paid
for
>itself already and tomatoes aren't in yet! Plus it saves me from some of >the tedious bunching - I can just put a per pound price on produce. It's the bunching and bagging I want to avoid. Two weeks of that is
enough.
> Scales must be identified as legal for trade by the manufacturer
and tested by
> your states weights and measures guy, you may have to pay an annual testing fee > and will receive a certification sticker on your scale. In my state its illegal > to use an uncertified scale. It's illegal here too. I imagine it would be in most states.
> I sell by the piece not by weight
If you're selling greens how do you deal with it? I'm packaging in
bags and not happy with it. It will be a couple of weeks before I get my
scales and get them certified. I bag them, weigh them for my own info
(nobody has asked how much in a bag yet) and then sell them by the bag.
Thank you all for the responses. I'll be making calls this
afternoon.
Robin Thyme For Ewe Farm, Maine |
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[Market-farming] Scales,
Robin & Steve Follette, 07/01/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Scales,
Marie Kamphefner, 07/01/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Scales, Joan Vibert, 07/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Scales,
David Tannen, 07/02/2003
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[Market-farming] sucker/prune peppers,
Tom at Limerock, 07/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] sucker/prune peppers,
robert schuler, 07/02/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] sucker/prune peppers, Pat Meadows, 07/02/2003
- [Market-farming] Re: sucker/prune peppers, Tom at Limerock, 07/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] sucker/prune peppers,
robert schuler, 07/02/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Scales, robert schuler, 07/02/2003
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[Market-farming] sucker/prune peppers,
Tom at Limerock, 07/02/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Scales,
Windsoap, 07/01/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Scales, Robin & Steve Follette, 07/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Scales,
Marie Kamphefner, 07/01/2003
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