Tomato prices in 2010

[Bama mater]

Originally Posted by mensplace

Trouble here at the small farmers market in town is that some of the folks are participating just to have something to do, so they are selling Big Boys for 1.00 a pound, which surely impacts the sales of others. Just to introduce the locals to heirlooms, I had to sell mine at 2.50 a pound when I first attended, but moved that up to 3.00 on the second visit. Almost all here just want anything large and red that they can throw on a sandwich. Most still don't have a clue what heirloom means or why they would pay extra. Quite a learning curve locally.

I hear ya.

I planted early this year and started getting ripe ones for market 2nd week of June. I start out selling @ $3.00 lb thru July at the market and to chefs, but this year as the heat hit hard the quality begins to dwindle so I drop to 2.50 but never going below 2.00. I found that the people that know what a real tomato is appreciate you growing them and don't mind paying a little extra.