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- From: Pamela Crowe <sustainableharvestsc AT gmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:42:59 -0400
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, TxBeeFarmer <txbeefarmer AT gmail.com> wrote:
My problem is sales, or should I say lack of sales. Oh sure, there's the Farmers' Market and a few people who want some things delivered, but I need real sales!
Mark---
When this happened in this area years ago, the farmers were unloading into the wholesale market just to recoup costs initially because of the time factor.
There is the Farm to School program and it might be worth checking into for you. In this area because of the need for ready to eat processing on many items, the schools will only take certain produce----tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, etc. You may or may not have GAP certification which is necessary for this area and a few other items like product liability insurance, etc. in order to sell to them. You need these same things to sell to larger groceries anyway.
You need to learn your different markets first before just planting stuff and assuming people will buy whatever.
Pam
SC
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[Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
TxBeeFarmer, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, William H Shoemaker, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, E C GRANATA, 08/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
Brigette Leach, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Laurie Allen, 08/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
Jay Sleichter, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Sweet Valley Organics, 08/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
Richard Robinson, 08/20/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Road's End Farm, 08/20/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Pamela Crowe, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Richard Stewart, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Marcy, 08/20/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, SaladG, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, clearviewfarm, 08/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, SaladG, 08/20/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
clearviewfarm, 08/20/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, Laurie Allen, 08/20/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales, idyllwild farm, 08/20/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Need Help with Sales,
KAKerby, 08/21/2010
- [Market-farming] Inventory Systems for Produce, Dalew Farms, 08/22/2010
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