Farm to Market Handbook: How to create a profitable business from your small farm - Couverture souple

Hurst, Janet

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ISBN 10 : 0760346607 ISBN 13 : 9780760346600

Editeur : Voyageur Press, 2015

Synopsis

Transform your pastime into your livelihood.

 

If your sweet corn is tall, your brood of chickens is beautiful, and your half-dozen goats give delicious milk, then you know firsthand the rewards of running a small farm. But what if you could turn that DIY hobby into a long-term source of regular income? Nurturing a healthy harvest is only half the battle—what you really need to know is how to create a successful and sustainable business. In The Farm to Market Handbook, veteran dairy-goat farmer Janet Hurst combines her deep knowledge of farming life and farmers’ markets with her hard-won experience turning farm products into a living wage. From CSAs and weekly markets to school programs and local chefs, Hurst guides you through every type of market available to small farmers. She explains how you can develop a realistic marketing plan, provides a breakdown of the food laws and regulations you’ll need to be aware of, and offers insider tips on how to be a successful businessperson. Through enlightening interviews with producers around the country who speak of their successes—and their failures—the book also takes a look at some of the nation’s top markets and analyzes why they have thrived where others have not. So if you’ve ever wondered how to get started selling your produce, entertained the idea of raising meat goats, or wanted to spread the word about your homegrown honey, you should read The Farm to Market Handbook and figure out how to put money in your pockets.

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À propos de l?auteur

Janet Hurst (Hermann, MO) is a veteran goatkeeper, soapmaker, cheesemaker, and teacher. Hurst studied cheesemaking at the University of Vermont’s Institute of Artisan Cheese, at the University of Guelph, and on small farms in Israel. She is the author of Voyageur Press’ Homemade Cheese (2011) and The Whole Goat Handbook (2013), and her work has appeared in MaryJanesFarm magazine, Mother Earth News, Heirloom, Small Farm Today, and other periodicals. Most recently, Hurst has written Extraordinary Goats (2014) and The Farm to Market Handbook (2014), both for Voyageur Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Voyageur Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0760346607
• ISBN 13: 9780760346600
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible