Category: Farmers’ Market
Avoid these common mistakes in direct-to-retail vegetable marketing
Learn key direct-to-retail vegetable marketing strategies by avoiding mistakes in audience targeting, branding, SEO, and customer experience.
Editor’s Letter: Food safety, harvest and a new focus are all in the forefront
Welcome to Vegetable Growers News’ (VGN) food safety issue, which highlights postharvest steps growers are taking to ensure the crop safety.
Managing increased customer traffic at your farm market
Managing increased customer traffic at your farm market is important. Read how proper management can increase sales.
New Jersey Farmers Market Week highlights peak vegetable season
New Jersey Farmers Market Week highlights peak vegetable season during the 25th Annual National Farmers Market Week, running Aug. 4-10, 2024.
The 2024 Great Lakes EXPO Farm Market Bus Tour explores innovative farm markets in Michigan
The annual Fruit Growers News and Vegetable Growers News Farm Market Bus Tour 2024 is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 9.
Setting farm market prices and fighting pests, diseases
The VGN May/June editor’s letter shares a variety of content including pollinator habitats, biologicals, farm market survey and more.
America’s Farmer’s Market Celebration begins
American Farmland Trust (AFT) has kicked off the 16th annual America’s Farmer’s Market Celebration (AFMC).
Inflation, farm input costs shape farm market prices
The latest Vegetable Growers News and Fruit Growers News Farm Market Pricing Survey shows factors influencing how farm marketers charge.
Farm Market & Agritourism: markups vs. margins
Farm Market and agritourism is important, but farm market managers need to consider markups vs. margins to ensure profitability.
Keeping CSA members engaged and loyal
Community supported agriculture programs have enjoyed a resurgence of interest from consumers. Learn how farm market operators can effectively run CSAs.
Deadline for USDA local market grants approaches
The USDA has Local Agricultural Market Program (LAMP) funds available to promote farmers markets, local food programs and regional food partnerships.
Farm Market & Agritourism: Know your customers
I was talking with a new owner of a farm market store. He had purchased the business from an organic farmer who owned the business for five years. Along with selling their produce, the organic farmer focused on health and organic products.
Registration open for Kentucky conference
Registration for the Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference is open.
Registration opens for SE Regional growers conference
Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Georgia Peach Council
May to bring first Michigan AgriTourism Summit
Michigan Agritourism Summit agritourism agritainment farm markets tourism Michigan State University Extension
Seven takeaways from benchmark survey of markets
Penn State Extension’s Farm Markets team works with a Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant from the USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
Survey shows … inflation, competition factor in farm market pricing
Farm costs, inflation and competitors’ strategies influence how farm markets across the U.S. price their commodities and food items.
