Archive for March 9th, 2010

We had our last vending opportunity for our 2009 garlic product this past weekend at NOFA’s 8th Annual Winter Conference (Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association) in Concord, New Hampshire. My dad and I had attended the conference last year as participants and had a great time. This year we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to be both a vendor to sell our garlic powder and a participant. What was also nice is that Jon was able to attend. Jon and I set up the booth the night before while Nana babysat our daughter. We arrived at the venue for 8AM and the early birds were already shopping before the seminars were to start.
We sold our garlic powder, garlic granules, t-shirts, and a book on how to make garlic powder. We gave out garlic powder samples to all that stopped by our booth and if people were lucky they got to speak to the garlic guy. We also created a handout on the varieties of garlic that we are growing to harvest this summer (see attachment).

I was able to attend a seminar given by Sherri and Andrew Walters of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire on their online market, called Harvest to Market. I’ll give a plug for their ingenious idea and website on helping farmers, farmers’ markets and anyone wanting to enhance selling their produce from their front lawn. Check out their website www.HarvestToMarket.com.

It was a fun and successful day. We talked with a lot of folks about…. Yup, you guessed it, garlic. For all of those who attended and purchased our powder, let us know what you think in our comment section. For those who might have missed the conference, we have a few jars left for purchase. Send us an e-mail, tell us what you want, and we’ll ship out some great tasting gourmet garlic powder.   If you miss it now, you’ll have to wait until September for the next batch!

Until July when we start to harvest…….Happy Garlic!

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