Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

market-farming - Re: [Market-farming] New grower: First Day of Sales

market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Market Farming

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New grower: First Day of Sales
  • Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 13:36:52 -0700

You are off to a great start.  Keep up the good work!

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- chrisbailey.wenatchee AT gmail.com wrote:

From: Chris Bailey <chrisbailey.wenatchee AT gmail.com>
To: Market Farming <Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] New grower: First Day of Sales
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 08:44:31 -0700

List:

I thought I'd post this for anyone trolling the list considering/planning to start growing.

I hatched this scheme late last summer to quit my real job and start farming.  And so I did, on about 2 acres of leased and borrowed land (actually, weed patches).

Anyway, Friday I harvested greens (spinach, arugula, kale and leaf broccoli) for my first market yesterday.  Before I even got done processing on Friday, I had 3 small commercial orders (2 restaurants, and a small produce market) mainly by word of mouth and some sampling efforts earlier in the week.

I took six coolers of greens ($3 for 6 oz bag) to the opening farmer's market yesterday and sold out in 3 1/2 hours grossing $200.  Folks were eager customers.  I believe I could have easily doubled my take if I'd brought more product to market.   (I slightly regretted selling arugula at wholesale the day before as I was more than doubling that price at the market with only slightly more handling).  It probably helped that I was basically the only vendor with produce to sell.

It's a small, but encouraging success, and I'm still in the hole by thousands of dollars, but my first two days of revenue sure were satisfying.

I've learned lots from this list and I sure appreciate the community of folks willing to share.

Chris Bailey (who now really feels like a  grower)
Bailey's Farm Fresh Produce
Wenatchee, Washington 
_______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming



Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page