I go with $5 a pound (organically grown). That takes into account greens and herbs (which retail for a much-higher per pound price and which we grow and donate a great deal of) and things that are less. I think $5 is an underestimate of the value, based on what we donate.
From: community_garden-boun...@list.communitygarden.org [mailto:community_garden-boun...@list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of tanyagar...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 3:17 PM To: Mary Reilly-Kliss Cc: <community_garden@list.communitygarden.org> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Current Dollar per Pound Market Value For locally grown (often organic) produce, I'd go to local farmers' markets and survey prices early in the season, at the peak of the season, and late in the season for each veg/fruit/herb/flower of interest. Or survey prices at local grocery stores. It doesn't make sense to me to look for national prices. Cherry tomatoes were $5 a pint at the grocery store this week. I noticed because my plants have started producing by the pint this week. Tanya Palo alto, calif. Sent from my iPod On Jul 29, 2011, at 11:45 AM, "Mary Reilly-Kliss" <mar...@charter.net> wrote: > Fellow Community Gardeners: > > One of the best ways to "justify" the existence of community gardens and their impact on an area is via the economic impact of the program. I am putting together a year-end report and need some statistics. > > Does anyone have a current national dollar-per-pound average market value for locally grown produce? The most recent figure which I have is $2.00 per pound from 2009. > > Thanks! > > Yours in Gardening, > Mary Reilly-Kliss, Coordinator > Washington County Community Garden > West Bend, WI 33090 > mar...@charter.net > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20110729/da9650fa/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 7/29/2011 Tested on: 7/29/2011 3:19:49 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110729/79bbe15f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
