Karen: We go to the organic market-- Whole Foods mostly and set our
prices at theirs, or above, sometimes.
I think you could get more than what we're selling for in Denver, but we
get $5.00 a pound for arugula to restaurants-- $3.00 for a bunch at farmers'
market (each bunch is about 1/4 pound, so it's $12.00 a pound), $12.00 for basil
wholesale -- to markets and restaurants, $3.00 for a sandwich baggie of it at
market, haven't sold eggplant yet, or cukes or peppers.
Good luck,
Elaine
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:31 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Price
checks
We have a possibility of selling organic produce to a
restaurant on a nearby U.S. owned island which is currently importing
produce from far away to serve its major clientele of luxury
yachters. Does anyone have recent experience/suggestions with
pricing high end, really
beautiful:
arugula cucumbers basil hot peppers sweet
peppers eggplant ?
Our regular Dominica market pricing is not
comparable for so many reasons.
My prime interest is still (healthy)
food security for our island, but a chance to also make significant income
elsewhere may help us weather the many challenges of organic farming here
and thus help us stay in business to serve the local market and help
preserve the local environment. Last year we hoped would be our
break even year, but the ravages of disease tristesia destroyed 6+
acres of our citrus plantings (our main cash crop) and hurricane Dean last
August then set us back about 2-3 months for vegetables, 6-9 months for
plantains, bananas, etc. and knocked most of the young avocado crop
off the trees. If we escape hurricane, earthquake, volcanic
eruption, etc., maybe this year............
Thanks for any
information and best wishes to all,
Karen --
Karen
Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots,
Vegetables & Herbs
Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm <mailto:rootsfarm AT marpin.dm>
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