At our market, most farmer's bring their greens in ice chests...those
that have stronger backs or more employees use the very big ones. I use
the regular home size to keep the weight manageable. One has a small
trailer that is insulated, their greens are in tubs with lids and the put bags
of ice on top of the tubs. They only take out one tub at a time and keep
the trailer closed up. Some bring pre-bagged, some bag at the market
which is what I do. I put a cold pack in the bottom of a basket, put in
enough greens for a display, mist and turn them often and keep 2-3 bagged up
ready to go. Most of the volume is in the ice chest. There are some
farmers who only put out bags but on a table where they are readily
visible. Some farmers bag on demand. They replenish the
working display basket as they go along. If it is really hot,
I'll put a cold pack on top of a towel on top of the lettuce in the ice
chest. I keep the ice chests in the shade as much as possible.
Cold flows down, so a cold pack at the bottom of your chest or display basket
is less effective than on top.
One of our farmers came up with a portable misting system. They
took a pump up sprayer, attached to it a 1/4" line that ran the length of
one side of their E-Z up and put mister nozzles every foot or so to spray the
greens. Pretty ingenious. This mister set up was on the greens
that didnt sell as quickly -- collards, chard, kale.
Sheila
Zone 5
Boulder Colorado
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