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  • From: wildernessflowers AT comcast.net
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] veggie crates and coolers
  • Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 05:08:24 +0000

hi folks
 
we use lots of dutch bulb crate s
 
they last many years and are very high quality but do not fold
 
try www.ednieflowerbulb.com/  as a source  should be ~ 1.25 each but shipping can be as high as $ 4 ea
martin
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-------------- Original message --------------

> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 09:45:51PM -0500, Beth Spaugh wrote:
> >
> > >I would love advice on where to get reasonably priced crates for veggies.
>
> You might try googling on "chep". They are supplying reusable plastic
> crates to bigger growers here in Texas. When empty, CHEP picks them up
> from participating grocery stores and cleans them up. So, the growers
> are renting them. Cost is $1.25 or more, so they are more expensive
> than cardboard boxes. I bought some $1 grey market crates which I find
> very handy for potato and onion storage; potatoes, we just hose them off
> in the crates. They are not so good for tomatoes because they leave
> imprints. They fold down to 1-1.5" thickness for storage.
>
> Acquisition: I don't think CHEP will sell them to you, but you can
> check. I bought mine (several hundred) from a produce dealer in a
> terminal market. For just a few, you can probably sweet talk a
> cooperative produce manager at a grocery store.
>
> For limited ventilation storage of greens, the nesting fold over lidded
> solid boxes (about 1 bu) you buy at WalMart etc are very good. They
> can be found as low as about $5.
>
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