Produce report from the SC State Farmers Market

It's interesting -- and a little disturbing -- to see how little our farmers get paid for the food they grow for us.

From the SC State Farmers Market - Prices paid to SC growers on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010

Beans Snap type Hand Picked 17.00; KY type/Half Runners 24.00
Beets Red 18.00
Broccoli 20 lbs Crown Cut 15.00
Cantaloupe per melon Athena Lge 1.00
Cilantro bnchd 60s 18.00
Corn, Sweet 4-4 1/2 dz crts Yellow/White/Bi-Color 15.00
Cucumbers Pickles Sml-Med 26.00
Dill ctns bnchd 24s 16.00
Eggplant 1 1/9 buctns Med 13.00-15.00
Greens dz bchs Collards/Turnips/Mustard 15.00-16.00
Mustard/Turnip Salad 10.00-12.00
Okra 1/2 buctns Sml-Med 18.00
Onions, green 2 dz bchs Med 8.00
Parsley ctns bnchd Curly 60s 22.00
Peanuts Green Red Skin 40.00
Peanuts Green White Skin Jbo 35.00
Peas busks Purple Hull 15.00
Peppers, Bell 1 1/9 buctns Green Lge/Xlge 11.00-12.00
Peppers, Other 1/2 buctns Jalapeno 9.00-10.00
Banana Hot 10.00-12.00
Spinach bucrts Savoy type 12.00
Squash 1/2 buctns Zucchini Sml 13.00, Med 11.00
Sweet Potatoes 40 lbs ctns Good Quality 18.00; Fair Quality/Jbo 14.00-16.00
Tomatoes 25 lbs ctns Vine Ripe Pink Turning Red Xlge 12.00-14.00; Med & Lge 10.00-12.00
Tomatoes, Grape 12 1-pt cntrs Red type 20.00
Turnips 25 lb sks Topped 12.00
Watermelons per melon Red Flesh Seeded 14-16 lbs 2.00; Personal Seedless 1.00