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Access to Markets: Gleaning Survey for Fruit and Vegetable Producers
2017-03-24 15:47:31| National Farmers Union
Are you a fruit or vegetable producer? LiveWell Colorado and UpRoot are conducting a survey on gleaning, and they need your help. Gleaning is the act of gathering left over produce after a harvest. “Left over” produce includes seconds, imperfects, or produce that will not be sold/distributed for any reason; i.e., produce that is not economically […]
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Access to Markets: Gleaning
2017-03-21 17:49:31| National Farmers Union
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern For the past several months, we have been talking about how you, as a farmer, can access markets through technology, value-added goods, institutions, and more. Today, were going to flip the tables and talk about how markets can access you. Farmers feed people, a fact at the core of who we are […]
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Access to Markets: Agritourism, Policy, & Rural Communities
2017-03-16 15:46:22| National Farmers Union
By Kriss Marion, Owner and Operator of Circle M Market Farm In America, children are fond of computer games. When my children were young, they played games called Age of Empires and Rise of Nations for hours. These games, still popular today, are strategy-based storylines for which each scenario begins with collecting resources sheep, coal, […]
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Access to Markets: Agritourism
2017-03-14 17:09:41| National Farmers Union
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern Diversity may be the hottest buzz word for agriculture, both large and small. Relying on one product or commodity to support the entire farm can be a gamble, putting the operation at higher risk. As farmers, we need to expand our approach to diversifying farm revenue to access as many potential markets as possible. We have […]
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Access to Markets: LocalFood App
2017-02-09 17:31:52| National Farmers Union
By Elise Rothman, Founder of LocalMotive Is there a proven strategy to boost demand and revenue for local food? And if so, can the local food shift be measured? LocalMotive, a Public Benefit Corp out of Manitou Springs, Colorado, thinks they may have the answers. In 2015, they piloted LocalFood, a mobile application (app) that uses […]
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