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Any reason you dont grow collards for your greens just curious think they would be good considering how large the leaves get. Very good info.
Curtis: I just met with my first executive chef yesterday and he agreed to buy my salad mix (Salanova) from me at $4 a pound. He is currently paying $3 for a salad mix from another supplier, but for a higher quality product he would pay $4. He said he orders about 10 pounds of salad mix per week. Which would only be $160 a month gross for me. How or should I approach him about getting more per pound? I can only imagine that he sells a small plate of salad to his customers which may only contain 4 ounces of salad for lets say 2 dollars a plate. That means he is making $8 per pound from his customers but is only paying me $4 per pound. That means he is making a 100% profit off of my salad mix. My question is, shouldn't I be able to get at higher percentage of the profit. Right now at the current deal he would be making 100% profit and I am not. Is he going to be willing to settle for 75% profit off of my salad mix, or something like that so that I can increase my profit? Perhaps I am asking the wrong questions or looking at it the wrong way. Can you advise me on how I should be looking at it and approaching the chef for a higher price per pound?
What are signs that spring mix is no longer good to eat? I bought spring mix in a plastic rectangular container.
I don't know if its the heat wave we had or because I am much further south, but my mustard greens go to seed almost immediately this time of year. I may try it again in a more methodical manner and just water it longer to cool it down as you have suggested in another video.
Just wanted to thank you for sharing so much valuable insights. One of my favorite sayings is ´a wise man learns from his mistakes, but a genius learns from the mistakes of others´.. It is great of you to share all your experiences so that people coming after you don´t repeat things that you found out didn´t work well.
Hey Curtis, do u put indivdual details of various salads on the bags? Also the nutritional value? Do u also consider the overall taste of the mix as diff salads have diff taste
what zone do you farm in
Thank you for your videos, I learn a lot from you. We will start up next year. Thank you Curtis. With kind regards Torben Gram, Denmark
I also bought your book, its great and we will use it aswell. Torben
Thanks for all the knowledge you've been sharing! I'm starting my own small farm out here in Hawaii and you've been inspiring me a lot.
How does the Salanova do as far as heat tolerance? Any specific sources you'd recommend for seed that does better in the summer months? I'm assuming johnnys
What crops would you recommend putting on what used to be an old hay farm with around 40 acres that could be sold at farmers markets and restaurants that are good for Kansas climate. I would love if you shared your opinion on this matter. You are truly an inspiring who should be a role model for just about everyone.
Any idea on what I could sow now to compensate for poor yields from various lettuce varities we sowed this year? I see your mix is around 20% lettuce in winter, ours is 75% (in Ireland) maybe this is a mistake because we're getting very low yields and we have a relatively high customer base. The 25% portion of the mix is made up of mizuna, red mizuna, claytonia & lambs lettuce. Probably should have tried tat soi and red russian. Any help appreciated 🙂
Very nice
Hi curtis! thanks for the video!
how do your keep it fresh? I mean if you're not selling it right away… ?
How much salad mix seed do use? What’s your method of seeding?
Curtis, trying to crop plan for our new urban farm next year. What have you found the DTM to be for Salanova lettuce after transpalnting in the spring?
Is it possible to grow some greens together? So your combining them together within each other on the same bed.
I was curious about your beet greens. Is that a double crop? The greens go in the salad mix, do you also sell the root?
Curtis, I just bought your book and look forward to testing out many of your techniques this summer at my house. I am curious as to what your thoughts are on the pre-mixed lettuce seed varieties. I would think this would reduce labor because all you would have to do is harvest, wash, then bag. There must be a reason as you why you are not doing this on your farm. Thanks again for creating such an informative and free channel.
Curtis, What is the weight of your typical salad mix bag you sell and how much do you charge for it? Thanks.
Thank you Curtis, This is very helpful, and I bought your book audio version
Could you do the same with microgreens?
Still waiting for the How to Grow part…?
If u put a hinge and lock in the middle of that table u could mix the greens, then set thr tub under the front of thr middle, unlock thr table center, and it would fold slighlty in the center to pour your salad mix into a tub. It would save time if ypu could get that to work.
what does salad mix sell for wholesale?
What is the health legal frame in which you operate ? Does it ever become a problem ?
Holy moly – how freaking cool is your yard/operation?! Inspiring!
Great Video—thanks for the tips. Having worked for a non-profit group at event centers for concerts, pro and semi-pro baseball games, pro soccer games, semi-pro hockey games, etc. to raise money for the grandkids sports, we had to wear gloves everywhere for sanitation reasons. I had to take the vendor's classes on food preparation, take the Health Dept. Test, etc.. None of you Farmers seem to wear gloves, yet you handle the product with bare hands before you deliver it to your customers. I don't understand the double standard regarding food.