buying things

I just bought $2700 worth of seeds. They are coming in the mail from Maine.

When your farm is making an attempt at organic certification, one of the requirements is that you buy organic seeds whenever possible - conventional seeds are not as good; treated seeds, no good at all. However, in the seed catalogues (I like an old spelling, sorry) often organic seed is unbelievably more expensive than conventional seed.

Say I need to buy a packet of cauliflower seed (approx. 500 seeds, for a 250-foot bed of cauliflower). Organic seeds is $23. Conventional seed is $6.50.

This kind of thing leads me away from wanting to pursue organic certification. It also leads me to want to charge higher prices for certain vegetables we grow, like cauliflower.