Growing berries for profit? Tip to please your customers

MARKETING: If you’re growing berries for profit, here’s a fun berry tip you can offer via your farm newsletter or the free recipes you hand out to berry customers. In the summer, freeze berries and use them to chill fruit drinks. For most berries, freeze them untouching on a tray, then the frozen berries can [...]

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MARKETING: Here’s a link to receive a free brochure on the problems of GMOs, courtesy of the Organic Trade Association, for small scale farmers and micro farmers who would like to hand them out to their customers.
The brochure can be put in with CSA shares, given out at roadside stands and farmers’ markets, and [...]

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MARKETING: As small-scale farming and micro eco-farming – urban to rural – continue to grow across the country, so must local food distribution systems. The local small farming and backyard farming communities need places to sell their food and fiber. Sometimes the best methods come from very good community models already in process. Here’s a [...]

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MARKETING: Using fliers for farm marketing? Perhaps you’re announcing the opening of your roadside stand or soliciting customers for an on-farm festival or u-pick season. Here are some tips to help your fliers benefit your farm marketing campaign:
People in general don’t stop to read lengthy text-book looking fliers with lots of small type or clutter. [...]

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