MICRO FARMING HOW-TO — TRENDS: The trend for buying locally produced preserved goods is growing, and you can begin the steps towards being part of this opportunity now. During the next three months, consider taking free or very low cost classes on canning and preserving the harvest from your local cooperative extension or senior [...]
MARKETING: Repeat customers are valuable for farm income and can be cultivated as part of an overall farm income plan. Start this season gaining repeat customers for next season. Put up a sign in an easy-to-spot area (or tuck a flier inside their shopping bags) inviting customers to put an e-mail or physical mailing address [...]
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MARKETING: For the micro farm keeping honey bees (also spelled honeybees), education of your customers can help you make money farming these miniature livestock. Pass on to your customers that the National Honey Board has been reported to state marinades made from 30% honey will greatly reduce potential cancer-causing compounds in barbecued meats that [...]
MARKETING — TRENDS: Here’s a website — http://www.whatsonmyfood.org — you can give your roadside stand, CSA or farmers’ market customers so they can learn specifically what toxins are on conventionally grown produce – and the research on how it’s negatively effecting their health. The more eco farms spread the word about other entities which [...]
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