The Galapagos Islands are a unique and remote set of islands located around 800 kilometres (500 miles) off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The area was declared a Marine Reserve in 1986, as it is home to so many unique species.
How much does it cost? On average, a pound of sweet potatoes can cost anywhere from $0.50 to $1.50 per pound. Traderjoes.com, for instance, sells what they label as organic sweet potatoes for $3.99 for a three pound bag. However, the prices are slightly different in their East Coast, Midwest and Southeast stores where a three pound bag of organic sweet potatoes sells for only $3.69.
Most of the USDAâs per pound prices of vegetables look obscene to me. Maybe these are the prices you pay at a high-end grocery store if you try to avoid sales, but I rarely pay more than 70 cents to $1.00 per pound for any vegetable, unless I am being extravagant and buying cherry tomatoes or bagged salad greens. For example, fresh broccoli florets and fresh ears of sweet corn both sold for around $1.80 per pound at retail stores. 2  After boiling and removing inedible parts, however, the sweet corn cost almost twice as much as the broccoli florets ($1.17 vs. 63 cents per edible cup equivalent).