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From Surviving to Thriving: Strategies for Urban Farm Success

Urban Ag home | Table of contents To navigate the online version-you can either use the grey navigation tabs on the left side of the web page or you can go to the next page or previous page when you reach the bottom of each page. From Surviving to Thriving: Strategies for Urban Farm Success 1st...

Your Marketing Activities—Good Business or Just Busyness?

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Mastering Marketing - August 2018 I have a confession to make. I’m a blog reading junkie. I read five or six blogs every day. Some are about marketing trends, others about sustainable and regenerative farming practices, and some just because I like the writer’s topics and writing styles. I tell...

Packaging That Sells

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Mastering Marketing - July 2018 Packaging is more than just a way to get your product from A to B — it’s also an incredibly valuable customer touchpoint. In today’s age of “Social Media” moments and You Tube videos, your product packaging is an additional way to get extra marketing mileage for your...

Selling Shell Eggs to Retailers, Wholesalers, and Food Service Facilities in Maryland

There is a strong consumer demand for locally produced foods including a call for more locally produced eggs. Real profit potential exists for Maryland egg producers to expand their markets in to retail, wholesale and Food Service Facilities in Maryland. This publication provides introductory...

Is Diversification Your Ultimate Goal?

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Mastering Marketing - October 2017 Farmers are repeatedly advised to diversify into new enterprises in order to generate additional income. It’s not unusual for me to visit a farm that grows vegetables, fruit, has some livestock for direct marketing meats, chickens for eggs, offers agritourism...

Does Hosting Weddings Count As Agriculture? One State Says No

Photo by Edwin Remsberg This post should not be construed as legal advice (or marriage counseling) According to the most recent Census of Agriculture, Maryland had 307 farms reporting income from agritourism operations. These activities can include everything from corn mazes, petting zoos, u-pick,...

Let's Look at the Farmers’ Rights Act

Photo by Edwin Remsberg T his post should not constitute legal advice or lobbying for or against this piece of legislation. The purpose of this post is to review the possible implications of proposed legislation. Recently, the Maryland General Assembly’s House of Delegates and Senate both...

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