Canning Season.

**coronabarb** · November 23, 2017

<<I hope all our market sellers, crafters and small seed vendors have a profitable pre-holiday season!>>

Thank you and very well said. We do a lot of promoting of our local farmers' market - Umpqua Valley Farmers' Market. We are in a small rural area (small being relative - 22,000+ in the city of Roseburg, OR, more in surrounding county) but we are separated by low mountain passes from large cities 1 1/2 hrs away each direction. We see our market as a place that people who want to run their own businesses are provided with a location, existing customer base and advertising. They in turn must have liability insurance (everyone, no exceptions), be in place by a certain time and cannot break down before ending time. So in one location, there could be 30+ to 40+ small business owners who put in long hours and are no way reimbursed for the hours.

I sell my jams for $5/half pint. Under our farm direct law, I must grow all the principle ingredients like the fruit (not the spices), or garlic, onion, tomatoes, peppers if I wanted to sell salsa. New jars are around 60 cents when on sale and pectin is not cheap. Maybe I get $3 back per jar? That doesn't reimburse me for the time spent making the product, setting up/tear down and market time. But I get to work from home, so that's cool.

November 23, 2017	#11
coronabarb Tomatoville® Recipe Keeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon - zone 7 Posts: 2,821	<<I hope all our market sellers, crafters and small seed vendors have a profitable pre-holiday season!>> Thank you and very well said. We do a lot of promoting of our local farmers' market - Umpqua Valley Farmers' Market. We are in a small rural area (small being relative - 22,000+ in the city of Roseburg, OR, more in surrounding county) but we are separated by low mountain passes from large cities 1 1/2 hrs away each direction. We see our market as a place that people who want to run their own businesses are provided with a location, existing customer base and advertising. They in turn must have liability insurance (everyone, no exceptions), be in place by a certain time and cannot break down before ending time. So in one location, there could be 30+ to 40+ small business owners who put in long hours and are no way reimbursed for the hours. I sell my jams for $5/half pint. Under our farm direct law, I must grow all the principle ingredients like the fruit (not the spices), or garlic, onion, tomatoes, peppers if I wanted to sell salsa. New jars are around 60 cents when on sale and pectin is not cheap. Maybe I get $3 back per jar? That doesn't reimburse me for the time spent making the product, setting up/tear down and market time. But I get to work from home, so that's cool. __________________ Corona~Barb Now an Oregon gal