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peaches 11 cents a pound
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brome
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Date: June 28, 2013 09:47PM I just looked up the price farmers are paid for their cling peaches by the canneries in California: $224/ton = $0.11/pound in 2012. The farmer actually gets less because they make deductions for blemishes, split pits, size, ... So the farmer gets 9 - 10 cents a pound.
The price for wine grapes has skyrocketed to 15 to 40 cents a pound from the lows of 5 - 10 cents a pound in 2003. (prices the wineries pay the farmer) [www.calpeach.com] [westernfarmpress.com] Plant every bit of the land you have into food production. Let grape vines cover the roof. Buy directly from the farmer. Form a coop so you can buy alot as the farmer wouldn't want to dilly dally with a few pounds here and there. Form a coop and buy your own farm. 3 acres on the Big Island of Hawaii for $15,000. Re: peaches 11 cents a pound
Posted by:
brome
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Date: June 28, 2013 10:50PM Tons of FREE peaches:
I worked as a peach grader one summer. Most of the peached we culled were excellent eating peaches, especially the ones with split pits - just outstanding. But the canneries throw them all out; in fact they're required to by law. So that means there's literally tons of excellent eating peaches in their trash heap. An excellent foraging opportunity. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2013 10:54PM by brome. Re: peaches 11 cents a pound
Posted by:
brome
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Date: June 29, 2013 01:11AM Prices farmers get for citrus:
13.9 cents/pound for oranges 10.9 cents/pound for grapefruit Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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