Food Products

This revision discusses aspects of good location and facilities for a farm-direct marketing business, including location, site selection, parking, and types of facilities (such as a roadside stand or market or a U-pick operation).

This revision summarizes benefits, drawbacks, and requirements of several direct marketing options, including farmers markets, farm or roadside stands, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), U-pick, w ...

This revision covers how to do a general budget analysis for your farm-direct enterprise. Includes how to identify fixed and variable costs and do a breakeven analysis. ...

This revision discusses the strategies direct marketers use to make sales. It includes making a merchandising plan, display and packaging, customer service, pricing strategies and techniques, and prom ...

This revision includes information on complying with labor laws, ways to find good employees, employee orientation and training, employee policies, and employee management. ...

This revision looks at several aspects of a successful farm-direct enterprise, including benefits of good farm financial planning, explanation of important terms used in financial planning, keys to su ...

Guidelines for feeding small flocks of meat-type chickens. Includes a discussion of standard versus organic feeds, mixing feeds at home, and alternatives to traditional ingredients.

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Extrusion processing is a commonly used processing technology in the food industry with a wide number of applications. It is a processing system that forces food materials through a small opening, whi ...

This 4-page brochure lists web and print resources for food safety and canning/food preservation. ...