Attention Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers!

Producing for a LOCAL marketplace can be an additional source of revenue for your farm or ranch. Here’s our story. I could sell a TON of Oklahoma grown potatoes every month at $1.25/lb. Also 2500 pounds of corn on the cob, 300 heads of cabbage, 1100 pounds of tomatoes (both paste and slicing), 600 pounds of carrots, 600 pounds of fresh peas and beans, 300 bunches of cooking greens, 600 heads of lettuce, 725 pounds of onions, 300 pounds of summer squash, and 500 winter squash. I need 750 pints of berries, 300 pounds of apricots, 600 pounds of apples, and 300 pounds of pie cherries. And 100 pounds of cornmeal, 400 pounds of dried beans, 660 gallons of milk, 80 pounds of hull-less oats and 700 dozen eggs.

That’s what my “grocery list of unmet demand” at the Oklahoma Food Cooperative looks like based on membership surveys in the fall of 2007. Our sales increased more than 100% each year, 2003-2007. In 2008, we expect to sell a million dollars of local food and non-food products, and by 2012, we will sell one million dollars a month–if the production for the local market is there.

Download this letter from the Oklahoma Food Cooperative to read more about how to become a Producer.

Oklahoma Food Cooperative Needs Producers!