Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK Hey everyone, merry Xmas. This week we are pushing hard to get things together for a $1000 – $1500 marketing weekend this Sat/Sun. Gail will be coming on strong with her bird feeder craft items, which will probably account for about...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK You should not set pricing solely on time/labor spent harvesting. You also need to take into account market demand and timing. I know an organic guy who charges according to labor input, and then can’t  move his product because his...
Courtesy of Wally S., Wally’s Urban Market Garden, Saskatoon, SK SPIN farmers try to have offerings of potatoes throughout the season, and banana potatoes are a good one for this time of year. At market, I price 1 lb. bags at $2.50. I am also selling 1 lb. bags to restaurants...
Courtesy of Courtney T., Cornercopia Student Organic Farm, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN A new crop to try is fava beans, not for their beans but for their leaves. I harvest the leaves as the plants are flowering and they were still tender. We just planted them once with...
Courtesy of James K., Virtually Green, San Francisco CA Basic wholesale organic pricing for some major metropolitan areas in the USA can be found using the Rodale Institute organic wholesale prices online tool: https://rodaleinstitute.org/farm/organic-price-report-tool/ The USDA has quite a bit of different kinds of pricing info at: https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal/fv Find out...
Courtesy of Abby P., Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics, Woolwine VA What about making some spinach “pesto” ? You can make pesto with just about any greens including wild and weeds like young lambs quarter, sorrel, pigweed, purslane. Use a food processor to make pesto base w/ olive oil....
