Email lists are made for this. Send out what you, how many units and the cost and people will pick what they want send their order back to you and you pick up a check when you deliver to goods.

this is a variation on the CSA/subscription model of marketing produce.

Thank you Ohiorganic!

I've read about the subscription system but it never occured to me the practical side of working it. I always thought CSAs/subscriptions as a large all or nothing monster. Thanks for bringing me back to earth. This way I could email what I have and see what takers there are as different crops are ready. Even better yet, I won't have to pick til I have an order. I could email what I will have available beforehand and bring/pick only what was needed.

Please help me with my thought process. Email and get orders back, pick that evening, then deliver the next day. Wash, package and store everything in a cooler until pickup. This would also allow me to make deliveries in the near vicinity. From email sales to securing standing orders in season. Continue to get emails and word of mouth. Then work my way up to a market stall.

One additional question, whats the best way to keep produce cool in the back of a truck for a few hours. I've read several people here putting a damp cool towel over the veggies. But not using freezer packs directly on the produce. Will this work?

I use freezer packs on top of at least 2 layers of thick toweling. i also have a big 3 door commercial frid=ge so all my produce is cold when it goes in the coolers.

remember many things, like tomatoes, do not need any refrigeration

I'd say your thought processes are right on.

Tomatoes dont need refridgration. At work we keep all of our potatoes, squash, eggplant, and cantaloupe in a dry freezer at a steady 50 some odd degrees.

It sounds like I'm going to need two coolers. Or just keep the one cooler above 45/50 degrees. At present I'll only be selling warm season vegies and I located a resource for temps and packing from my extension office. I think it will just take a little experimenting to get the process down.

Thank you!