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  • From: BillOhio <billohio AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pricing my garlic powder and "buds"?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:03:32 -0400

Regarding a commercial kitchen for value-added products, is there an economical way to set something like this up? I see a figure of $10,000 bandied about, which at our nanoprocessing level would take a LONG time to pay out; on the other hand, something simple would really help with cash flow in off-season sales. We went to a flea market outside of Cincinnati awhile back, and a chef had set up a BBQ kitchen there with 3 buckets for his wash basins, and he was certified as a kitchen. We'd sure appreciate any suggestions.
 
This was my first year growing garlic, and I had doubleplanted the final half row or so because it was cold that day, and I didn't want to dig up more of a bed to put the last in. We've been selling the green garlic for 50 cents a stalk, for use in salads or whatever, with pretty good sales. This isn't really rural, but almost no one had ever seen a garlic plant before we took it to market.
 
Thanks,
 
Bill

 
On 6/7/07, Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com> wrote:
I sell mine for $3.50 an ounce in bags. If I were putting it in jars I
would raise the price to $4.00, at least.

You may be able to get $6 o $7 an ounce if nicely presented, especially
if you point out there are 19(!) different kinds of garlic in each jar.

Lucy

tonitime AT juno.com wrote:

>Hi All,
>    I make some great garlic powder from a mix of about 19 garlics that
>we grow.  I am wondering what to price it at for sale tomorrow eve?  I
>plan to sell it in some shaker bottles that i bought for .50 each, as i
>have no bags to hold it.  What do you think i should charge for this
>labor-intensive stuff?  Also, all the folk i gave it to for Xmas have run
>out and want more now!
>Thanks,
>Toni in E KY..........where prices are far too low on most things (
>compared to my 45 years in Central CA!!)
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