It has been our experience that we do not have a say in how much we receive for our apples unless we sell them by the side of the road. Once the crop goes to the warehouse they sell them to the grocer or for juice and we get what we get without a say in what that price should be. If all the warehouses were to agree as to what price to sell the boxes of fruit for, the government says that is price fixing and is illegal. I think the price is adjusted by panic and greed. So we buy our spray and fertilizer products retail and sell our crop wholesale. I call that nuts! From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: A discussion of the vision of doing business Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:42:32 -0500 Making something to sell for less than it really cost you to produce is called a hobby. Growing something and selling it for what it really cost you to produce is called gardening.
