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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:32:48 -0500
I find there is some market for them, though not a lot of it, in this area; which is pretty rural. Customers who like them really like them, though, and start asking for them before we've got them. I'd suggest you start small and see what happens in your area.
We sell them in the pods but off the plant; they're easier to handle without messing with the whole plant, and I find that sometimes they're not all ready at once. We don't shell them -- just tell customers to boil them 7 to 10 minutes right in the pods, and then they'll squeeze out easily.
I've had trouble timing plantings, though, because varieties that if planted at the same time in one year come in two weeks apart may be ready almost simultaneously in another year.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy
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- Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy, Road's End Farm, 12/03/2010
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[Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Tom, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Clifford Farm, 12/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?, Richard Stewart, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Leslie Moyer, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Etienne Goyer, 12/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?, stonecirclefarm tds.net, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Etienne Goyer, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 12/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?, Road's End Farm, 12/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Marlin Burkholder, 12/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?, Thamnophis, 12/11/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Clifford Farm, 12/10/2010
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[Market-farming] Any demand at market for fresh soybeans?,
Tom, 12/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy, Marcy, 12/05/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy,
SaladG, 12/02/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy, Thamnophis, 12/05/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Umbrella insurance policy, KAKerby, 12/02/2010
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