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Building Your Holiday Gift Selections—Consider Gift Baskets
4. Promotion
Which markets fit your operation?
Value-added processing for urban farmers
Non-direct marketing alternatives
Direct marketing alternatives
3. Place
2020 Maryland Crop Production Meetings
2019 USDA Direct Marketing Summit
Resources for pricing
Where to begin
2. Price
Customers and the competition
Crops with the most potential
Differentiating what you sell
What are you selling?
1. Define your product
Marketing basics
Moving from producer to marketer— do what you enjoy
Urban advantages
Chapter 3: Marketing challenges and opportunities
Additional resources and literature cited
Summary
What accounting period should be used?
Which computer accounting program should I use?
Recording financial transactions
Recordkeeping
Solving cash flow problems
Usefulness of cash flow
Example farm cash flow
Income & expenses versus inflow & outflows
Cash flow periods
What is cash flow?
How to improve farm profits?
Calculating profits for taxes
Example farm income statement
Historical versus projected income statements
Using an income statement to calculate and project profit
What is enterprise profit?
Red Leaves in the Vineyard—Diagnosis and Management
Calculating the profit
Depreciation
Fixed/Overhead expenses
Variable/Operating expenses
Calculating expenses
Hops Production in Maryland: 2017-2018 Hops Trial Growing Season Report and Best Management Practices
Pesticide Container Recycling
Dicamba Trainings
Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
Paraquat Dichloride Training
Setting income goals
Setting profit goals
Wheat Variety Selections--An Important Factor for Managing Head Blight
What about not-for-profits?
What is profit?
Upcoming Pesticide Events
Sensitive Crop Locators
Pesticide Applicator Certification and Business Licensing Requirements
Sell the Sizzle
Finding An Attorney for Your Case Requires Asking the Right Questions
Chapter 2: Economic assessment and risk management
Literature cited
Summary
Harvest, post-harvest storage, and food safety
Water management
Pest management strategies
Pest management: weeds, diseases, insects, and more!
Season extension
Crop rotations and crop planning
How to Use and Calibrate Your Food Thermometer
Mushroom production (fungiculture)
Urban livestock
Landscaping and nursery businesses
Production systems
Rooftop farms
Hydroponic or aquaponic urban farms
Ground-based outdoor urban farming
Nutrient management
Soil Maps
Soil contamination assessment and risk management
Urban soils and growing media
Production topics to learn more about
How to Build a Miniature Refrigerator for Nutrition & Food Safety Demonstrations
Chapter 1: Urban production systems
What does success look like for you? Setting goals for your urban farm
Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) II - Scouting and Management
Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) I—Background
What is urban agriculture?
Introduction
Table of contents
Statement
Acknowledgements
From Surviving to Thriving: Strategies for Urban Farm Success
Nematode Sampling
Launching, Refining, or Growing Your Farm Business- MREDC has Answers
Evaluating Grape Samples For Ripeness
Harvest Priorities
Considerations for Acquiring a Farm: Selecting the Best Farm Property
Assessing Watershed-Scale Stormwater Green Infrastructure Response to Climate Change in Clarksburg, Maryland
Crop Development Sampling

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