The farm to market handbook : how to create a profitable business from your small farm
2015
Book
Transform your pastime into your livelihood. If your sweet corn is tall, your brood of chickens is beautiful, and your half-dozen goats give delicious milk, then you know firsthand the rewards of running a small farm. How to create a successful and sustainable business. Veteran dairy-goat farmer Janet Hurst combines her knowledge of farming life and farmers' markets with her hard-won experience turning farm products into a living wage. Hurst guides you through every type of market available to small farmers. How to develop a realistic marketing plan, the food laws and regulations you'll need to be aware of, and insider tips on how to be a successful businessperson. How to get started selling your produce, entertained the idea of raising meat goats, or wanted to spread the word about your homegrown honey, you should read The Farm to Market Handbook and figure out how to put money in your pockets.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780760346600
- 0760346607
Description: 176 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Other Title: How to create a profitable business from your small farm : the farm to market handbook
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Elements of marketing
- Your marketing plan
- Is this your market?
- Four successful farmers' markets
- Starting a farmers' market
- Other places to sell your produce
- Other sources of income
- Getting to know your customers
- Organic certification
- Food safety
- The brass tacks of doing business.
LCCN: 2014025098
Control Number: 1186774
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Voyageur Press, 2015.Subjects: