Spice Market

Be realistic, flexible and adaptable with your products and marketing and you'll do just fine. This process of testing the market for your products is often called a feasibility study; it may take the following route.

If a customer can get in the habit of ordering from your site regularly, you may not or may not charge them much for that service, but it will help create a loyal customer. Anyone who hopes to succeed in any business must know their customer.

Even so, rest assured that this spring a market newbie will flag you down from across your stand to ask urgently, “When will your tomatoes be ready?” or “Have you seen anyone selling peaches yet?” As the farmer who starts the seeds, watches them...

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Mints : Take whole stems. Shore goes on to say that it's best to avoid washing herbs unless they're muddy or harboring insects. Preserve Perkiness Andy Ciordia/Flickr “The two most important steps you can take to preserve the freshness and quality of...

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Summer can work, of course, in more northern climates. The idea is that larger leaves attached to long stems can simply be bunched together like kale or chard and sold that way. This is leaf spinach, and it's what most people probably associate with spinach.

Again, some customers don't care, but to grow your business and bring in new ones, you must consider your booth's appearance. Fresh, plentiful and attractively displayed: These concepts help draw customers and get them engaged with your business.

Resale Items (New or Vintage) Cookie Cutters Vintage Glass Rolling Pins Marbles Other Market Items That Fit Your Brand & Niche (Check with your market to make sure it allows resale items.) Jonnie Andersen/Flickr 6.

Always keep a cooler of ice and keep swapping out any rough looking greens, and remember to mist them with clean and fresh tap water regularly so they look happy. Expanding your offerings to meet holiday demands, maintaining high quality produce and keeping...

Because they store well (as long as you store them in a relatively cool, dark place that does not freeze) you can reasonably rely on having them as a item in the CSA throughout the colder season.

We saw that to a big extent this year when we inadvertently became the first to market with yellow squash—a crop we usually do not push, as it is not a big profit crop for us. Making adjustments in pricing, timing and how much you bring to market can...

Here are alternative ways to sell your cucumbers. Value Adding Of course, access to a commercial kitchen would allow you to create pickles of your own as well as pre-made salads, cucumber water, crudites or any range of cucumber-related products to manage...

Figure out what kind of volume they might want and plant accordingly—a plant will give you at least one to three fresh flowers per day in peak season, so plant accordingly. Here are tips on entering the market on edible flowers, including how to price...

Sell Garlic Starters USDA/Flickr Don't miss the opportunity to sell some of your individual cloves as “seed” for your customers to grow their own garlic. Offer A Diversity Of Cultivars Justin Henry/Flickr Many people think garlic is garlic and mainly...

Think of Rose's lime juice, or a lime flavored candy. On the flip side, dust your pizza peel with a combination of cornmeal and granulated lime peel. When dried and granulated lime peel's fresh and clean aroma gives way to a floral, huskier, sweeter one.

Black cardamom is grown throughout Guatemala, Vietnam, and India. It also is used in pickling and charcuterie, and it has a fondness for buttery pound cakes and chocolate desserts.

Ground cardamom is an inexpensive spice that can function in any part of the meal in nearly any kitchen. Ground cardamom is extremely strong and should be used judiciously in cooking.

Fantastic for making homemade lemon pepper, meat rubs, and adding to pickling spice mixes. A rogue lemon peeled out of here just recently. Be warned that he's armed and a bit sour.

They're the darkest, bitterest essence of chocolate flavor and possess a fantastic crunch. The open addiction of chocoholics everywhere. Cocoa nibs have been used for thousands of years in cooking and medicine, but only recently gained popularity as an...

Today, the Mad Farmers Collective sells produce at two summer farmers markets—on Saturday mornings at Garfield Park Farmers Market and at the Indianapolis City Market on Wednesday mornings.

You will lose the fermented properties once the product is canned. Also, check if your state requires a license for wild harvesting and selling.” More than mushroom are available to wild forage, including ramps (see the Cutting-Edge Crops column on...

An ebony powder for your baking needs. You can also substitute dutch-processed cocoa for natural cocoa in any sauce or ice cream, but not in baking. The result is a mellower flavor, but also a much darker cocoa powder.

The reason is wilt. Here are tips on pricing and marketing. That is key to marketing—you must be consistent and not give hole-y, wilted or yellowing arugula. I recommend selling it in sealed containers—clamshells or plastic bags—as opposed to loose...

Know What You're Allowed To Sell Offering for sale an item that is not legal for sale most likely won't get you shut down, but it won't make anyone's day better. These are usually free.

It helps to bring customers in and reminds them that they need to sign up for that CSA they saw in the coffee shop. Hire a photographer to give your farm an edge above the competition.

The pumpkin seller could erect a scarecrow and corn-shock display, and showcase his finer fruit at the scarecrow's feet. Peddling sweet corn from the back of an SUV or melons from a pickup parked in the shade mark simple, successful beginnings, as do...