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- From: "Marie Kamphefner" <kampy AT grm.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:41:38 -0600
Regards to the list: I agree with Tom (below) but not for the
same reason. We included things in the shares that weren’t on our market
tables. When the market customers saw what the CSA was getting, they wanted to
buy them. At a nearby stand, the CSA owner had to explain why something she was
selling wasn’t in the share (because there wasn’t enough for
everyone). We are going back to delivery on a week day this year because people
would forget to pick up their shares at the market, wanted to go out of town on
weekends or had to work during market hours – then lots of times wanted
us to make up the share they missed. And, even if we sold out of things for
market, we had to stay and wait for shareholders to come. But, to answer your question, Frank, about
keeping things cool at the market. We used several of the big white coolers, each
holding five to seven shares in reusable grocery bags. The night before market,
the bags were stored in the refrigerator. We put the blue things that you
freeze in the bottoms of the coolers, put towels over them to keep from
damaging tender veggies and packed them in the coolers early in the morning
just before leaving for market. For non heat sensitive things like potatoes,
winter squash, pumpkins etc, they were put in big corn type bags and added to
the shares as they were picked up. We kept a box behind the tables for things
that shareholders didn’t want and offered them to the rest of the
shareholders. One of our shareholders got the bags for
us for about 70 cents each. They’re the green bags that look like
shopping bags and some grocery stores have them for sale by the checkout.
Marie in A word of caution -- you might want to be
a little careful about distributing your shares at a farmers market. I found
that shareholders sometimes want an explanation when they see stuff your
selling at the market is not included in their share boxes. You try to keep
everything even-up, but in the thick of the summer battle sometimes it's hard
to give everybody some of everything. At the market, you often don't have
enough time to do a lot of talking to people who aren't your immediate,
cash-laden customers. --Tom ------- |
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[Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Frank Ventura, 01/14/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Frank Ventura, 01/15/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep, Sharon and Steve, 01/17/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep,
DFORD8N, 01/18/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Marie Kamphefner, 01/18/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Brigette Leach, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] heat mats,
pech, 01/19/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, Linda Amico, 01/19/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, Richard Robinson, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] heat mats,
Square Ft Gardening, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] heat mats,
Pat Meadows, 01/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, Square Ft Gardening, 01/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, Square Ft Gardening, 01/20/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] heat mats,
Pat Meadows, 01/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, breck, 01/19/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] heat mats, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] heat mats,
pech, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Brigette Leach, 01/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] CSA Prep,
Marie Kamphefner, 01/18/2009
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