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Urban Ag home | Table of contents Operating an urban farm requires compliance with a number of state or local zoning, permitting, licensing, and other regulatory requirements. These requirements could have a significant impact on your production and operating plans, and the costs to run your farm...

Building Your Holiday Gift Selections—Consider Gift Baskets

Gift basket
Mastering Marketing - November 2019 Although they’ve been around for a long time, gift baskets are still a “hot” holiday gift idea. Gift boxes are a near-perfect offering for direct marketers. They can be customized for the receiver, convenient for the giver, can be offered at different pricing...

Direct marketing alternatives

Urban Ag home | Table of contents Figure 4: Roadside stands can be convenient for both producers and customers. But be sure to check local zoning and permitting rules. Photo by Edwin Remsberg, © University of Maryland—AGNR Image Library Using a direct marketing outlet allows growers to capture the...

Packaging That Sells

Packaging Diagram
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...

Food for Profit

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
University of Maryland Extension - Washington County Office
Have you ever been told that your favorite homemade bread, or salsa, is “good enough to sell?” Do you have additional fruit or vegetables from your farm or home garden that you would like to make into a commercial product? Food for Profit is a one-day workshop designed to help you work through the...
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