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Trufflicious
Truffle Hunter


Registered: 09/25/10
Posts: 60
Loc: Central California
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Farmers' Market
#14495254 - 05/22/11 05:49 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm planning on starting a Farmers' Market table in Central California with a specialty in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms. I've already went through a few generations and am pretty happy with how far I have come since starting this hobby. I know some farmers who are willing to help me out with certification and admission into the markets and it seems like a really exciting chance for me to put my hobby to use.
Thoughts? Good Idea? Bad Idea? Experiences? There is not one vendor in the area who sells mushrooms and it's something I have the time and dedication for, I just feel like perhaps I am missing something big. Maybe Mycology just isn't big in this part of the state, or maybe I can't compete with the Grocers comfortably? Pretty broad and general post but if anyone has any words of advice in a venture like this I'd appreciate it. Thanks -Trufflicious
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RogerRabbit
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Registered: 03/26/03
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How much production space do you have? With our mom-and-pop mushroom farm, we stay pretty well sold out of mushrooms by supplying a couple of grocery stores, plus we do three to four farmers markets per week during the summer months. Any extra product goes to internet orders. It took about 2 years of construction to get to this point. RR
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Trufflicious
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Registered: 09/25/10
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Loc: Central California
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a pretty large greenhouse, 20x15 I don't think I could really get an income off an area like that but I would think it's a nice place to start to grow my experience in cultivation while I am still in college and have free time
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Edited by Trufflicious (05/22/11 08:36 PM)
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curry
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Registered: 01/09/11
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I'm building up to sell at farmers market also, but so far I'm just giving them away. Everyone I've given King oysters to has had very high praises for them... and they can't get em in the store. I grow blue oysters like crazy, and am mostly drying them now (they're not as tasty as the kings). I cut up a bunch of shitake this evening and my wife made a great dish with noodles and grilled chicken with it. But I can see that to get enough to sell, you have to invest a little time into it. But I love it as a hobby, and really enjoy sharing the mushrooms with family and friends. I think I can make a little money on the side as well, soon, but it's the opposite of a pyramid scheme... it promises lots of hard work, with modest pay-out potential. Good luck.
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