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Re: [Market-farming] Jerusalem artichokes aka sun chokes
- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Jerusalem artichokes aka sun chokes
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:37:49 -0400
We do a lot of wild forage for restaurants so I have a healthy respect for products from the wild. Right now we are doing dandelion and chickweed selling about a half dozen pounds of each per week till they cross over to pure bitterness. We also harvest dandelion blooms and day-lilies. As the season moves on we also do nettle, sumac, spiceberries (which are labor intensive but you get a premium for) and that wonderful native fruit...pawpaws. II have yet to economically harvest enough sun chokes to make it worth my time, in part because I cannot charge a decent price for the small amount of food you get. You could argue that the demand simply is not there. We are building a food forage forest area around our farm to table dining area where we've gone through and removed all the invasive species and will be transplanting a variety of species to provide meals for visitors. That is more a gimmick than anything else. :) Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 |
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[Market-farming] Jerusalem artichokes aka sun chokes,
clearviewfarm, 03/30/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Jerusalem artichokes aka sun chokes, Richard Stewart, 03/30/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Jerusalem artichokes aka sun chokes, bobbett, 03/30/2011
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