Macadamia Nuts update

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Hi All,

The good news is that the farmer says he will finally be shipping the first 25

pounds to me today.

He'll be sending the rest in 25 pound weekly increments.

 

Now the bad news. It turns out he normally sells his mac nuts in the shell to a

local co-op and

wasn't fully aware how labor intensive and time consuming the shelling process

was going to be. It

isn't so much the shelling (he sends them out); the hitch is that they have to

be dried first at low

temps to harden the shell. The bottom line is that he has seen fit to

significantly increase his

price, which means I'm going to have to raise my price too. I don't like having

to do that and I

strive to avoid making changes once I've offered a product at a certain price.

One of my goals is

to not only bring people the best, freshest food possible but at lower prices

than they have to pay

elsewhere. Even at the higher price, these nuts still qualify on both counts.

Anybody who has

placed an order can cancel, of course, or buy fewer pounds. The price is

$13/lb., which is still

well below even the price for conventional macs, and these are fresh,

uncertified organic. As

usual, you are welcome to try before you buy. I would like to stick to the

2-pound minimum.

 

Please email me privately if you'd like to come over this weekend and pick up

your order. They

should be available starting Friday evening. The first people to email me will

get this first

shipment, until they are gone. You can either pay by check or cash when you

pick up, or in advance

by Paypal (to: nmlenz). I'll be shipping nuts out of state after

all the local

orders are filled. For those in Portland, I'll be traveling through in late May

and it may work out

that I can drop orders off at a central location. We'll see how the timing

plays out.

 

Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Best wishes,

Nora