SlipperySmitt
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Hey Pappy, Good to hear from ya! Thought about callin ya, but we've only been able to get up here and there. When we did have a few days, busy unwinding. Probably be getting up spotty until Sept depending upon how the weather keeps things growing. Hopefully we can get you two on the boat with us this year or for some kind of fishin together!!! Will definatley have some more corn for the kids at Hermitage and will be in touch. Let me know if your numbers have changed.
Rap, as far as buying from Rogers, its not always fresh and/or local. Not saying its bad, just what I mentioned. Look for stickers on the stuff and look at the boxes they have piled up behind them. Those two should have some indication of where the stuff came from. And if you can't tell just ask, if they can't answer, it was probably bought at a wholesale outlet where things have been trucked in from all over. Or they just may not know as they're only the ones who take your money and tell you what they've been told to say. Heck, a dude at a local flea market buys the junk from pitts and chops off the bad stuff and sells it for fresh.... People eat it up about how good his stuff is, but they don't pay attention to the leaves behind the tables he's cut off and will probably feed to his hogs or what not. They think they're getting a deal on some stuff, but as mentioned, he's cut half of it off to ge to the good! Funny huh? Cheap is good, even when eating fresh?
Another thing to whatch and I've heard a few people talk about it is the vendors along side the road with the fresh and local signs. Sorry, but some of the stuff they're saying is local isn't, it's trucked in. A place up here was saying local tomatoes, cutes, and melons 1-1/2 months ago. Ya, there may have been some local tomatoes and cukes grown in a greenhouse here, but not the amount they had on the stand. Again, ask where things came from and see what kind of answer you get if you doubt things.
Another thing to ask about is what was it sprayed with and when. All sprays have some sort of do not harvest before XX number of days. Certain products that have a tendancy to get worms take longer after spraying till hravest, depending upon sprays naturally. You can contact your county AG dept for a better answer once you know what spray was used. Certain areas of the country, you can use defferent sprays, so... How do you know?
I'm not trying to scare anyone, but trying to give a little more indepth info with all the crap going on about the improted stuff and to an extent, our supposed to be local stuff. ONE OF THE BEST pieces of advise anyone can give is to wash any produce you get from anywhere throughly. Boiling always helps to kill most everything as well, but is not practical for all means of cooking, SO WASH YOUR STUFF GOOD!!!
We're fairly new to the comercial end of veggie (truck farming) so we don't know it all. But, I couldn't tell you what all we've learned in 2 years or so! It's amazing to be honest with you and like I said earlier, we've been pretty much self sufficent almost if not, my whole life which is 34 years. My pap is 92 and the stories I could tell you from what he's told me would make you think corn is a deal as compared to how it was grown when the model T's were still going.
Another thing to pay attention to when shopping esspecially at your smaller stores is the LOCALY GROWN signs. Many and I mean many are placing the prices on tags with locally grown on them. If they have those tags on some things and not on others, you know the answer. Most places won't stear you wrong! Also look for the pa ag sign and wic signs, they will also help to tell you some things or most are grown in pa. Go to your local town farm markets, most towns have them some where. Usually its only the local guys at places like that, but not always.
A great place to get local and fresh stuff from is the New Wilmington Produce Auction. I'm not a member (if they have any) or any thing like that. But, since I've been going there, I would say it's 99.9% local produce to the 50 mile area? Problem is if your buying for one family, things are sold there buy the lot. Get some people together, you'll get fresh, local, and wholesale at usually a fair price.
Like I said, we're still learning this comerical thing, but dang, way more to it than you think!
Smitty
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