Is growing bitter melon in bc a good idea?

Question

i wonder if there is a good market out there for bitter melon in the lower mainland in BC, i wonder how much a pound a farmer can get for them,

Answer 1

maybe ask your extension office:

http://www.bcmastergardeners.org/

or there are other government sources of information and local growers associations. here is a link to all those, plus a text on how to market your produce over the internet:

http://www.nafdma.com/Resources/Groups/

list of some specialty crops; your climate may be a great one for mushrooms:

http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/commodity/spe...

starting a small rural business:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/smal...

and here is a commodities forum where you can ask stuff:

http://www.agweb.com/DiscussionBoard/def...

last and probably least, here is a link to some jokers who think we should use the bitter melon as a symbol to rally our bitter society around:

http://bittermelon.org/forum/5