For those who sell at farmer's markets...

[kcsunshine]

People are getting $2.50/lb for green beans at our market (ours aren't ready yet). We get $1.00/lb for squash (it's coming out of our ears). $2.50 for a bunch of beets with beet greens (about 5 or 6 to a bunch depending on size). We get $8.00/lb for our fresh garlic. Can't sell eggs (no permit), can't sell sprouts (no domestic kitchen certificate). I pick my herbs and bundle them separately with a rubber band, then put them into a container of water. A bundle about as big as your thumb is 25 cents.

We all try to keep our prices consistent (no obvious underselling) at our market.

We go to a smaller market on Wednesday mornings - I can sell some eggs there (there's already a guy who has all the egg business - but I get some), about $2.50/doz. I'm also making squash pickles and if they're good, I'll take some there also.

 

[Wifezilla]

I was thinking of Mason Bee houses as far as the crafts go....or these...
http://www.craftygardener.ca/garden22.html
Other craft stuff I do is not good for this time of year. Nobody wants to buy a thick hand knit scarf when it is 95 out

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Do you need insurance to sell at your local Farmer's Markets?

 

[DrakeMaiden]

I just found out today that my homeowner's policy actually would cover my liability at a farmer's market. Here I was putting off doing this because I didn't want to shell out any more money in insurance. Check with your company, but mine said that personal liability coverage covers me anywhere in the world. I am getting more serious about selling at the farmer's market now!

 

[Buster]

Well, what a coincidence. I just applied to and was accepted by our local farmers market group. I will be selling eggs and meat birds... Freedom Rangers, heritage chicken breeds, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Eggs will sell for $3 a dozen. Chickens, $3 a pound, other birds $4 a pound.

I'm doing this less because of the money than because of the paucity of humanely raised, local meat options. I want others to have the same access to these products that I have, which would explain the relatively low prices for pasture raised, organic (in the original sense of the word) animal products. Eggs would be $2.50 a dozen but the minimum price at our market is 3 bucks.

For a guide, here is a list of our minimum prices for other products. This is obviously very regional and only a minimum prices, but might give you some ideas.

Blackeye Peas, $2/lb
Cabbage, $2.50 ea.
Cantaloupe, $2 ea
Cucumber, $.75 ea or $2/lb for pickling
Eggplant, $1.50 lb
Green Beans, $2.50 lb
Okra, $2 lb
Red onions, $1.25 lb
White onions, $1 lb
Green onions, $.20 ea
Green Bell Peppers, $.50 ea
Other peppers, $1.25-1.50 lb
Peaches, $2.50 lb
Red potatoes, $1.25 lb
White potatoes, $1.50 lb
Purple Hull, $1.50 ea
Acorn Squash, $1.50 ea
Yellow Squash, $1.50 lb
Zucchini, $1.75 lb
Tomatoes, $1.75 lb
Canning tomatoes, $.50 lb
Watermelon <10 lb, $1 ea
" 10-20 lb, $1.50 ea
" >20 lb, $3 ea
Corn, $.50 ea
Honey, $5 lb

 

[FarmerChick]

wow your Oklahoma prices are not like our NC prices

for instance our red taters here are $4 per lb
and they fly off the table

lol

shows what price differences truly are

 

[DawnSuiter]

I too forgot to mention my meat birds... also Colored Freedom Rangers which I sell skinless whole breasts & leg quarters for $5/lb
Skin ON whole chicken for $6/lb

When my yellow & red bell peppers are ready, I'll price them at $3 EACH! Which is still less than our grocery store sells NON organic ones for. All my stuff is raised naturally with no pesticides so don't even compare

 

[big brown horse]

Wow, that is a lot for chicken! Good for you to be able to get that much for your chicken!


I just bought a "free range*" locally grown chicken at our indoor farmer's market for $1.99 a pound. Came out to about 6 bucks. However, I would pay more if I had to. (Next year, freedom rangers of my own!!!!)

*not pastured, but they have a nice sized run.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Well.. I don't sell too many, but it doesn't bother me at all because decent chicken at the store here is almost $4/lb and it surely isn't as good, healthy or as tasty as mine
I charge extra for skin on because I don't do that personally.. that would be a special circumstance. I can kill, skin, clean & package pieces in about 10 minutes per bird... plucking takes FOREVER!

Mine are completely free range on 5 acres and are supplemented with food once or twice a day.

I charge a lot because I can I guess.. and truthfully, if no one wants to buy it, I can come home & put it away for us.

 

[big brown horse]

Before I found this last bird at my indoor farmer's market, I was paying about $12-13 for a whole "free range" bird, skin on, without blinking an eye.

If I really had to (or if I were rich), I would have no issues paying more for a healthy locally grown bird. We eat virtually everything, skin, meat, gizzard and heart and make a fantastic, healthy stock with the bones etc. By the time I finish simmering the bones they are mush and then they are fed to the chickens and the dogs. (One bird makes at least 4 meals for humans and 2 for St. Bernards and 8+ chickens plus I get a gallon of yummy soup stock.) Nothing gets wasted, so it is worth paying more imo.

Now that I finally learned how to butcher I definately want to raise my own meat birds.

I'm making 100% wool scarves at the moment. My hope is to sell them via farmer's market in the fall. (We'll see.) eta: I have no idea how much to charge for them though. :/