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- From: "maury sheets" <maurysheets AT verizon.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:04:01 -0400
Karen,
With prices like that for broccoli, you should grow it in high tunnels with
no sides to avoid the rain problems. They do that here in New Jersey with
Raspberries because of the rain shorting the shelf life and also to extend
the season. It is something to look into. Good luck.
Maury
Woodland Produce- Fairton, New Jersey
Hydroponically producing sustainable salad greens in the Northeast.
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen
Sutherland and Roots Farm
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:29 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop
The leaves are great steamed, cooked with rice, in soups, etc. but
also are good raw in salad. I'd bet a wilted salad of the leaves
would be very nice, but haven't tried. A Chinese restaurant here
buys them in quantity -- I 've been meaning to ask how they use them.
Broccoli is rare & expensive here. We are able to sell our organic
heads for $8.50/lb (supermarket importing and selling at $12+/lb.)
Sounds like a lot, but so many broccoli plantings fail due to too
much rain when heads maturing. At least now we can sell the leaves!
Best wishes,
Karen
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Cockrane, Dominica
rootsfarm AT marpin.dm
rootsfarm AT protoscape.com
On Jul 22, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Willie McKemie wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 09:06:33AM -0400, Karen Sutherland & Roots
> Farm wrote:
>> As we clean our harvested broccoli heads and side shoots for
>> market, we
>> remove a lot of younger broccoli leaves. This year we started
>> selling
>> them at $3 for a 12 oz bag. Everyone who has tried them has come
>> back
>
> Intriguing! Thanks for the idea!
>
> What is done with them? Steamed like cooked broccoli? Raw as a salad
> ingredient? Both? Other?
>
> We have traditionally sold broccoli heads and shoots in 1lb bags for
> $2. Last year, I decided that that wasn't profitable and cut back to
> 8/10 lb in spite of perceived pressure from cheap grocery store
> broccoli. This year, I just quit picking it because it was very low
> profit compared to other things I could put my labor in. Due to
> requests, I started picking it again and charging $3 per 8/10lb bag.
> And, it has sold very well. That seems profitable so I'm planning a
> late summer - fall crop. The cool wet summer here in central Texas
> has kept broccoli going far later in the season than "normal".
>
> --
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[Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Willie McKemie, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
Karen Sutherland and Roots Farm, 07/22/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
maury sheets, 07/23/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop, Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm, 07/23/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli leaves -- new crop,
maury sheets, 07/23/2007
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