rhoda_bruce
Almost Self-Reliant
My story: Mom and Dad have an orchard. Mom and Dad do very well with their orchard.....sell their own from home and along roadsides. (now fast forward about 15 years). I have 2 elderly parents who are no longer able to tend their orchard or sell the frut. I have a full time job and family to homeschool. I CAN'T retail the fruit.
Where you fit in: If you live within the surrounding states and can justify the trip to sell the fruit at a farmer's market, we can talk business. I now have Satsumas that need to be harvested and sold. They are very sweet and orange....easy peel type of fruit. Very few seeds.
I also have other oranges that can be harvested, although not as sweet as the satsumas. I can harvest navels, grapefruits, mandarines and a few very large lemons. I will later be able to harvest the Louisiana Sweets.
I do have 80 Louisiana Citrus boxes, I can fill to sell, but I'm afraid they costed more $ than I'm happy about and if I'd need to part with them, I would want my $ back. However if someone has access to their own crates, I can sell my current fruit for $20/crate, which weighs 40Lbs. Thats .50cents/LB.
Please note that I do live very far south and have ample access to seafood most of the year, so if shrimp is something you think you can also sell, I can make a few phone calls, provided I know for sure the arrangement is a strong possibility.
This is not something that will end. Next year and next decade, I will be in the same situation that you read above, so if at a later time you wish to do some farmer's marketing, you can contact me to do business. The furthur you are to the north, the higher you can charge for citrus. Once I know I can do business and can trust someone, I can probably arrange a shorter trip, because I have family that makes frequent trips 4 hours north of our home town of Cut Off. Its just that I don't want them travelling with a truckload of fruit that they might be returning to me. Plus it would mean them possibly making a cash exchange and not sure how they'd feel about it. But it is a possibility.
PM me if interested or text me at 985-258-6812.....I can always edit this if my contact info changes.
Please be aware that this is my family's business and I'm only receiving for my labor and making of deals. My parent's still get owner's share, until I inherit this orchard.
Where you fit in: If you live within the surrounding states and can justify the trip to sell the fruit at a farmer's market, we can talk business. I now have Satsumas that need to be harvested and sold. They are very sweet and orange....easy peel type of fruit. Very few seeds.
I also have other oranges that can be harvested, although not as sweet as the satsumas. I can harvest navels, grapefruits, mandarines and a few very large lemons. I will later be able to harvest the Louisiana Sweets.
I do have 80 Louisiana Citrus boxes, I can fill to sell, but I'm afraid they costed more $ than I'm happy about and if I'd need to part with them, I would want my $ back. However if someone has access to their own crates, I can sell my current fruit for $20/crate, which weighs 40Lbs. Thats .50cents/LB.
Please note that I do live very far south and have ample access to seafood most of the year, so if shrimp is something you think you can also sell, I can make a few phone calls, provided I know for sure the arrangement is a strong possibility.
This is not something that will end. Next year and next decade, I will be in the same situation that you read above, so if at a later time you wish to do some farmer's marketing, you can contact me to do business. The furthur you are to the north, the higher you can charge for citrus. Once I know I can do business and can trust someone, I can probably arrange a shorter trip, because I have family that makes frequent trips 4 hours north of our home town of Cut Off. Its just that I don't want them travelling with a truckload of fruit that they might be returning to me. Plus it would mean them possibly making a cash exchange and not sure how they'd feel about it. But it is a possibility.
PM me if interested or text me at 985-258-6812.....I can always edit this if my contact info changes.
Please be aware that this is my family's business and I'm only receiving for my labor and making of deals. My parent's still get owner's share, until I inherit this orchard.
I'm not really a salesperson, but eventually we will have to figure some kind of a gameplan. I've exhaused pretty much every idea of marketing the fruit locally.
