Building Profitable Farms Through Direct Marketing
Are you tired of working hard to produce a crop just to be told what you will sell it for and find that it isn’t even profitable? Learn how three farmers have gotten out of the commodity farming business and began to become price makers rather than price takers by building their own direct to…
Read MoreGarlic Production and Marketing: Scaling Up
Ryan Pesch conducted the research and wrote the UMN Extension paper on Garlic Enterprise Analysis in 2017-18. In this 2022 SFA Annual Conference session, he returns with advice on increasing your operation’s capacity. Viktor Vasileiadis (interview begins at 17:00) has become probably the largest grower of market garlic in Minnesota, with over seven acres planted in the fall…
Read MoreMarketing Garlic in Minnesota: Class #3: Direct Marketing
With Jesse Davis, MN Farmers Market Association, Warren Alto, Trout Lake Garlic, Chris Kudrna, Plum Creek Garlic, Jerry Ford, Living Song Farm, and Butch Cardinal, All Good Organics, Inc., Centerville MN
Read MoreMarketing Garlic in Minnesota: Class #1: Basics of Marketing
With Ryan Pesch, University of Minnesota Extension Educator; Lida Farm, Pelican Rapids MN
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