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  • From: Roots Farm <karen AT rootsfarm.info>
  • To: Market Farming Community Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Ginger
  • Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 16:01:50 -0400

Our non certified but grown to organic standards ginger sells for $4/lb (that’s $4 EC = approx $1.50 U.S.) here in Dominica where ginger is a common crop (although not usually grown organically).  There are two types grown here: the large Hawaiian and a smaller, knobbier, more potent “local” ginger.  I haven’t heard of or experienced disease problems with either type.   

A blue type — interesting! Never heard of but am thinking that the presence of the blue may indicate presence of additional anti-oxidants that could be used as a marketing plus— if true.  

Which reminds me of one of my favorite marketing stories. Canned salmon was initially pink.  Attempts were made to introduce/sell red canned salmon, but fell flat.  Until the company started advertising “So and so’s Red Salmon, Guaranteed not to turn pink. “  

Best wishes for a health-full, joyful, peaceful New Year to all.

Karen


Roots Farm Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cochrane, DOMINICA
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On Jan 1, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com> wrote:

We stopped ordering from Hawaii.  Too many issues and seed crop shorts on orders even if we got ours in early.  We just go and find organic food grade ginger and plant it.  It is way cheaper and so far, knock on wood, we have not seen any diseases pop up.

I need to be able to supply at least 100# this next year to a brewery.  Ginger has proven so popular that we will most likely be putting in a new tunnel JUST for the ginger.  Then I have two tunnels to rotate back and forth in case I do get a soil borne disease pop up.

That is the only way it seems I can do this part of our business in reliable fashion.  Two years ago I got a split mix of yellow and blue ginger (as a substitute for the lack of yellow due to crop failure) and the blue had to be deep discounted to move.  This year we are going to experiment with a bit of value added cottage food production and do a candied ginger.

Probably not exactly what you were asking, but I figure I would share.  I am curious what folks int he Midwest are selling their ginger for.  We are floating between 16 and 12 per pound.  I'd like to increase it a bit and I think the market will bear it a bit.  I figure if we run out quickly and the demand is still there I can squeeze a bit more profit out of it.

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106

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On Dec 31, 2014, at 1:52 AM, mikerock <mikerock AT mhtc.net> wrote:

How's everyone doing on ginger?  We are at the tail end of the mad bikers list.  Any other sources that are of his quality?

Mike


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