Apr 26, 2011
Hunsader Farms to have tomato ‘field day’

A local farm will offer the public a saucy deal on its tomatoes beginning 8 a.m. today. For those willing to bring their own sacks, pillow cases, buckets and boxes and strong backs for picking, Hunsader Farms on County Road 675 will sell ripe tomatoes right out of its fields at $1 for 25 pounds.

The farm offered the same deal last spring, but this year the reason for the near giveaway price is different, said farm co-owner David Hunsader.
“Last year we did this because the price for a 25-pound bucket of tomatoes on the wholesale market was only three or four dollars so it didn’t make economic sense to pick,” Hunsader said. “This year the price is good, about $14 for a bucket, but we can’t find enough labor to pick them.”

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Bradenton Herald



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