A farmers market, a roadside stand or a local grocery store are often the choices for a beginning fresh market muscadine grower.
Muscadine grapes sold unprocessed on the fresh market could be the next hot item in the grape industry.
At least that is what Ron Cottle of Faison,N.C., thinks. In the past year, he has put a major effort into providing grapes ready for the table from his area of eastern North Carolina.
We have put in 35 acres of our own and have arranged for another 35 to 40 acres to be grown for us by other growers, says Cottle. We are going into this somewhat on faith: We are banking that the word will get around about the health benefits of muscadine grapes and that the market will continue to grow.
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