Marketing & Social Media for Vegetable Farms June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Ariana Torres Read More Most Americans use social media to share information, find entertainment, and engage with businesses, which has made social media an important information source for all generations. Figure 1 shows findings[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Farm Market Marketing Social media
The US Market for Salad Mixes May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Ariana Torres Read More Americans are eating more greens, and salad mixes (i.e., spring mix, salad kits, packaged salad) are among the top drivers of this increased consumption. Salad mixes include different varieties of[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Consumers Marketing
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Top six recommendations for your farm market March 14, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Christopher Adair Running a CSA can be a long journey throughout the season, requiring one to stay on top of many weekly tasks and decisions. Some are more important to think about[Read More…] Article Tags: Agribusiness CSA direct markets Food Safety Marketing
CFAP 2 Application Open April 22, 2021 - From Issue: 687 USDA is implementing updates to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) for producers of agricultural commodities marketed in 2020 who faced market disruptions due to COVID-19. This is part of[Read More…] Article Tags: Announcement Marketing Update from Purdue Horticulture Business October 20, 2020 - From Issue: 683 By: Ariana Torres A list of articles and publications are available at the Purdue Horticulture Business website. Articles range from weekly reports about prices of fruits and vegetables sold at farmers markets, the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General Marketing Online Sales Platform – Hoosier Food Market July 1, 2020 - From Issue: 677 Hoosier Food Market, an online sales platform where farmers can sell directly to consumers with no overhead costs. COVID-19 has changed the way we do a lot of things. Purdue[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing Use FoodLink to Increase Awareness and Sales of Fresh Produce May 10, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Would you buy something if you didn’t understand how it worked or what to do with it? Likely not… Imagine a customer of yours who doesn’t know how to select, prepare or store the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing USDA Announced Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) April 11, 2016 - From Issue: 610 By: Wenjing Guan The VAPG program helps agricultural producers enter into value added activities related to the processing and marketing of bio-based, value-added products. Independent producers, agricultural producer groups, farmer- or rancher-cooperatives and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Grant Opportunity Marketing USDA Announces the Addition of “GroupGap” to its Audit Services October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe Recently the USDA announced the addition of a new third-party auditing service that will be available through the Ag Marketing Service (AMS). The service, called “GroupGAP”, will be available in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Marketing Foodlink – A New Tool to Increase Farm Sales and Improve Shopper Knowledge about Specialty Crops October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Consumers have many choices in today’s marketplace. Whether they are shopping in the your farm market, roadside stand, community farmers’ market or the local grocery store it makes no difference…busy[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing 1 (current) 2Page 1 of 2
Update from Purdue Horticulture Business October 20, 2020 - From Issue: 683 By: Ariana Torres A list of articles and publications are available at the Purdue Horticulture Business website. Articles range from weekly reports about prices of fruits and vegetables sold at farmers markets, the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General Marketing
Online Sales Platform – Hoosier Food Market July 1, 2020 - From Issue: 677 Hoosier Food Market, an online sales platform where farmers can sell directly to consumers with no overhead costs. COVID-19 has changed the way we do a lot of things. Purdue[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing Use FoodLink to Increase Awareness and Sales of Fresh Produce May 10, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Would you buy something if you didn’t understand how it worked or what to do with it? Likely not… Imagine a customer of yours who doesn’t know how to select, prepare or store the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing USDA Announced Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) April 11, 2016 - From Issue: 610 By: Wenjing Guan The VAPG program helps agricultural producers enter into value added activities related to the processing and marketing of bio-based, value-added products. Independent producers, agricultural producer groups, farmer- or rancher-cooperatives and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Grant Opportunity Marketing USDA Announces the Addition of “GroupGap” to its Audit Services October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe Recently the USDA announced the addition of a new third-party auditing service that will be available through the Ag Marketing Service (AMS). The service, called “GroupGAP”, will be available in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Marketing Foodlink – A New Tool to Increase Farm Sales and Improve Shopper Knowledge about Specialty Crops October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Consumers have many choices in today’s marketplace. Whether they are shopping in the your farm market, roadside stand, community farmers’ market or the local grocery store it makes no difference…busy[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing 1 (current) 2Page 1 of 2
Use FoodLink to Increase Awareness and Sales of Fresh Produce May 10, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Would you buy something if you didn’t understand how it worked or what to do with it? Likely not… Imagine a customer of yours who doesn’t know how to select, prepare or store the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing
USDA Announced Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) April 11, 2016 - From Issue: 610 By: Wenjing Guan The VAPG program helps agricultural producers enter into value added activities related to the processing and marketing of bio-based, value-added products. Independent producers, agricultural producer groups, farmer- or rancher-cooperatives and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Grant Opportunity Marketing
USDA Announces the Addition of “GroupGap” to its Audit Services October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe Recently the USDA announced the addition of a new third-party auditing service that will be available through the Ag Marketing Service (AMS). The service, called “GroupGAP”, will be available in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Marketing
Foodlink – A New Tool to Increase Farm Sales and Improve Shopper Knowledge about Specialty Crops October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Consumers have many choices in today’s marketplace. Whether they are shopping in the your farm market, roadside stand, community farmers’ market or the local grocery store it makes no difference…busy[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing
