Help us in creating a Hunger Free North Dakota! For more information see this brochure and flier and visit the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-growing-a-Hunger-Free-North-Dakota-Garden/348544233716
GrowingProduce is the place to find what you need to know about the fruit, vegetable, and citrus industries, up-to-date news about varieties, pest control tactics, and tips to make you a more successful grower. Our staff has the industry insight and experience to provide relevant, timely information and discussion topics that help the fruit and vegetable industry understand how to succeed in this dynamic and ever-changing market: http://www.growingproduce.com/
The Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture (ECH) - http://www.dakotacollege.edu/ech.shtml The ECH exists to assist small to mid-size farmers and gardeners produce organic and specialty vegetables for sale. Some of our clients sell their vegetables direct to customers through farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants while others grow vegetables on a larger scale and sell to wholesalers or on commodity markets.
We provide:
· Technical assistance in marketing, business strategies and production for all types of vegetables.
· Help for producers to find the right market for their product.
· Information that can help producers price their product.
· Advice on business strategies for growing effectiveness.
Farmers Market Coalition - http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/ The Farmers Market Coalition serves a rapidly growing industry with information and representation at state and federal levels. They help to build networks, link peers, and connect farmers markets old and new with tools and resources for success.
www.AMS.USDA.gov – farmers market pages, use the ‘Farmers Market and Local Food Marketing link on the left navigation bar to access farmers market information. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that facilitate the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS has about 5,500 employees who are located throughout the United States.
Market Umbrella - http://www.marketumbrella.org/ - Grants, market surveys and resources for market management.
Leopold Center Food Market Estimator - http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/marketsize/ The U.S. Food Market Estimator is designed to help users determine the potential demand, by county in the United States, for more than 200 different food items. This is an expansive tool, using data collected each year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS).
The tool provides information for 204 food products, including various dairy and meat products, fruit, vegetables and grains. Users select how they want results to be shown: by number of servings, pounds produced, truckloads transported, even cubic feet of warehouse space needed to store a particular product. Products can be shown individually, or as groups of products at key stages of the food supply chain. Results can be adjusted to reflect a particular market share, or the unit of measure changed from pounds to other units in order to suit a variety of needs such as number of servings, truckloads per day or cubic feet of warehousing needed each week.
North Dakota Local Foods Newsletters - This link will get you to the local foods information page. At the bottom of the page you will find the five local foods newsletters: http://www.agdepartment.com/Programs/LocalFoodsInfo.htm
Campbell Risk Management - This is a company which offers an insurance plan specifically for farmers market vendors. While insurance is not required by law and may not be required by your market, we highly recommend protecting yourself and your resources by having insurance. www.campbellriskmanagement.com
SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) - http://www.sare.org/publications/ This site contains many publications for growers and producers regarding production and marketing of agricultural products.
