The Way We Were Wednesday - Honey Prices
As I have mentioned I was raised on a Funny Farm, make that a Honey Farm. In about 1974 there was a world honey shortage and the wholesale price of honey went up from 10-15-cents per pound, to 21-cents per pound. Beekeepers thought they were getting rich, even my normally conservative father splurged a little that year. About that time my grandfather retired and my mother and I took over running the processing plant. We decided to offer retail sales - something my grandfather had resisted as it distracted him from his work. As I recall we set a retail price in your containers of 50-cents a pound. When comb honey came in I priced it $1 per section and my father protested that it would never sell at that price. It did- we sold out. The next year it was $1.50, then $2.50. In the Pike Place Market in Seattle, I came across a display of nice cut comb, those are 12 to 16 ounce sections, and the price is $25.00. I have produced that stuff, it is a lot of work, it is a good product. That is a lot of money. I can only imagine my father's reaction, if he was still alive I would print this picture out to show him. He'd probably say, nice looking stuff, I hope you didn't bring me any at that price.
Have you ever produced an agricultural product?
spouse has cherry tomatoes, regular tomatoes, and cukes growing right now. and honey prices will continue to climb as the honeybees go extinct.
ReplyDeleteI love fresh tomatoes, nothing tastes the same as fresh off the plant, warm in the garden.
DeleteHoney is one of the true wonders of the world.
ReplyDeleteNope. I've produced the after product of an agricultural product or two. Doesn't count. My neighbor brought me over some home grown tomatoes yesterday. As a rule, I don't care for tomatoes, but hers are terrific! They're so sweet. Who cares that she used them as a ruse to satisfy her nos...uh curiosity about why two of my vehicles are no longer in front of the house. At least she didn't bring that horrendous zucchini again!
ReplyDeleteAs a kid, I grew up with a grapevine and six avocado trees in the yard. I didn't produce anything, just ate them. Daddy made wine. The fermenting process was gross!
I was speaking at a Baptist church one day, one of the woman said, I made a terrible mistake, I left my car unlocked the other day, oh you didn't, how bad, three bushels of zucchini were left in my car before I got back.
DeleteBLURRRRRGGGGHHHH!! Funny, I don't mind zucchini bread, but it's to stinkin' hot to bake right now.
DeleteI use honey every day instead of sugar in my tea and coffee. I was just reading that one of the health benefits are the digestive enzymes in it.
ReplyDeleteMy father and grandfather would approve
DeleteNever. But I LOVE honey and, when I was a kid, we thought honeycombs were so exotic... well quaintly cool.
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