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- From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
- To: "Jan Leitschuh" <janl2 AT mindspring.com>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:59:02 -0500
We (and that really means Paul mostly) cut mesclun with scissors into a
plastic bin. The bin goes into the cooler until harvesting is finished.
We use a plastic garbage can -- kept exclusively for washing produce -
to hold wash water. Paul loads the salad spinner basket, dunks it
several times into the water, agitating as he dunks. Allows to drain a
few seconds, puts into the spinner, spins water out. Then empties clean
mix into a larger plastic bin. From there, one of us fills the bags.
We use a 1 gallon plastic food storage bag we get at Dollar General -
$1.00 for a box of 40 - and put 1/2 pound in them. We fold over the top
(no zippers, no ties) and put the bags in a produce box to go back into
the cooler. For Farmers Market, we move them from the box into a
camping cooler with ice (with cardboard separating the ice from the
mesclun) before we leave for the Market.
The salad spinner makes a huge difference. We do 20+ pounds on many
weeks, not a huge amount, but way too much to spin in net bags around
our (Paul's) head. We sell it for $4.50 per 1/2 pound, $8.00 per pound
and rarely have enough to supply demand.
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jan
Leitschuh
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:03 PM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix
How do you all do your bagged salad mix?
This spring I tried a little, and it sold well.
However, I eneded up grumpy and overworked, and even though the price
was higher than banded heads, it didn't seem like enough return for the
labor. I know there must be a better processing system.
Can anyone share their method - how do you cut, clean, what bags do you
use, general pricing for your area - or steer me to some online
resource?
Thanks in advance.
Cottage Garden Farm
NC
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[Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Jan Leitschuh, 05/03/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/04/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Lynn Wigglesworth, 05/05/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Home Grown Kansas!, 05/05/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Allan Balliett, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Home Grown Kansas!, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Allan Balliett, 05/06/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix, Home Grown Kansas!, 05/07/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Allan Balliett, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Home Grown Kansas!, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Allan Balliett, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Sue Wells, 05/06/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix, Beth Spaugh, 05/06/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Lynn Wigglesworth, 05/05/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Bagged Salad Mix,
Wiediger, Alison, 05/04/2007
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