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  • From: "Sue Wells" <farmersue AT myfairpoint.net>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:02:51 -0400

A ramp/ Wild leeks are the most delicious plant, kinda like an onion/leek/garlic flavor. Ours grow in an area that has a creek and lots of trees. And lots of rocks, and grow with the roots under tree roots. Very hard to dig out the roots. Makes great soups, stirfries, other nice dishes and etc.  They are only around for about a month. I have been told that ramps have a purplish color where the wild leeks are white. I don't know if this is true, I have both growing together.  I freeze a lot for winter soups. Everything on them is good to eat, I don't eat the roots, though.

Sue

Vermont

 

From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beverly Henkel
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:53 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps

 

on line it is 19.95/lb. 

 

Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:07 PM

Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing Ramps

 

 

On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:21 PM, cc77380 via Market-farming wrote:



What is a ramp

 

A wild plant related to leeks. Highly seasonal, and often in great demand when available.




-------- Original message --------
From: Marlin Burkholder
Date: 04/16/2015 7:09 PM (GMT-06:00)


Can anyone out there tell me how I should present ramps at the farmers’ market and what I should charge for them?  I few years ago an old guy at our market was putting them in a little bunch of four or five and selling them for a dollar.  That seems a little expensive in a way but I would not charge less than that amount.

 

Sounds cheap to me; but they're hard to come by around here if you can find them at all. I don't have any on the place, and have never tried to establish them.

 

The only price I can find right now that has any on my list of pricing sites is Park Slope in New York City, and they're getting 12.37 a pound.

 

 

 

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think

Fresh-market organic produce, small scale

 



 


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