Wondering how some of you are handling verbal agreements with restaurants. I had one place tell me they would purchase my basil if I grew it, now its ready for harvest and they backed out. are you requiring purchase orders or just throwing the excess away and forgetting about it? Its really not a lot as i am a small grower (but large % wise for my production). I called around looking for another purchaser and they said they were interested but only wanted to purchase if I grew other items. I don't want the same situation and I really don't want to build up to fast but finding someone that is willing to let me grow from a small one product producer to a smaller multiple product producer seems impossible.

The next issue is even the small local restaurants are wanting the salads mixed and packaged. Doesn't this put me into processing and having to deal with a new set of rules?