Guest guest Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Tess wrote: I know you have mentioned before that you purchase your organic bananas by the case. Would you be willing to share your source? I have looked all over the internet and can't find a farm/company or any other entity that ships organic bananas to the states.I'm problably just looking in the wrong spot, but am getting fairly frustrated. _____ Oh, great question!!! The only way I know to buy case lots of bananas and other fresh produce is locally. I talked and talked with produce managers and distributors in the area, and eventually I just found a couple that would do it. Actually, many will do it, but I wanted a nice price. So persisted in my search, and eventually I found a produce manager who just loves us (myself, Laurie Masters, Tim Trader, etc.) and so we are very well taken care of. We buy various things by the case, as well as bananas, as we often split cases of some items (such as certain citrus not available at the FM) I have found a couple of farmers who sell us their " overripe " tomatoes at a great produce, in season. (What they call overripe, we call ready to eat!!!) I have found farmers willing to sell greens, citrus, berries, and so on, all by the case. And since several of us buy together, and also since we genuinely take the time to talk with these people and develop relationships with them, we are treated well, with great prices, extra food, little treats, etc. And of course, we regularly bring them new customers. So it all works out quite nicely. I guess the bottom line for me lies in the relationships. Best to all, Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (1289 characters) on 21 March 2005 at 21:50:38 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAACuQT9CCQUAAPsBAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X2iL4 H4dj2m+eHuZMuhrzdISRdocOt2qT3z2vyeSigSaA== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Thanks E! I guess I need to get to know some of my local grocers/produce managers. tess > Oh, great question!!! The only way I know to buy case lots of bananas and > other fresh produce is locally. I talked and talked with produce managers > and distributors in the area, and eventually I just found a couple that > would do it. Actually, many will do it, but I wanted a nice price. So > persisted in my search, and eventually I found a produce manager who just > loves us (myself, Laurie Masters, Tim Trader, etc.) and so we are very well > taken care of. We buy various things by the case, as well as bananas, as we > often split cases of some items (such as certain citrus not available at the > FM) > > I have found a couple of farmers who sell us their " overripe " tomatoes at a > great produce, in season. (What they call overripe, we call ready to eat!!!) > > > I have found farmers willing to sell greens, citrus, berries, and so on, all > by the case. And since several of us buy together, and also since we > genuinely take the time to talk with these people and develop relationships > with them, we are treated well, with great prices, extra food, little > treats, etc. And of course, we regularly bring them new customers. So it all > works out quite nicely. > > I guess the bottom line for me lies in the relationships. > > Best to all, > Elchanan > > > -- > ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- > vlinfo@e... signed email body (1289 characters) > on 21 March 2005 at 21:50:38 UTC > rawfood > ------------------------------- > : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. > : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines > : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. > ------------------------------- > 00fAAAAAEAAACuQT9CCQUAAPsBAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O > zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X2iL4 > H4dj2m+eHuZMuhrzdISRdocOt2qT3z2vyeSigSaA== > ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 And farmers!!! tesser2u [tesser2u] Monday, March 21, 2005 1:59 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Buying by the case Thanks E! I guess I need to get to know some of my local grocers/produce managers. tess -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (240 characters) on 21 March 2005 at 22:12:58 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAADqRj9C8AAAAB4DAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X2fxw 44xfKpjd0B9eFrrX1yQv7p8D7+K8kENF9UtAjdJg== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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