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  • From: "Robin & Steve Follette" <follette AT midmaine.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Advertising
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:15:32 -0500

> I have a question has anyone ever use a public TV funder auction as
> advertising. There are two PBS stations around me both that have
> auctions twice a year. people donate items and I have thought donating a
> CSA share may be good advertising for our CSA at not a lot of cost.
> So anyone done this and how did it work out?

I did this with my soap business. It worked well for us. We picked up both
retail and wholesale customers. Only a few each but enough to make it worth
doing. A friend who is a shepherd/spinner/hand knitter donated a sweater for
a few years and sold several more.

Robin
Thyme For Ewe Farm, Maine




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