Micro-Farm to Market Consulting
The abundance approach. In our last post about competition, we looked at approaching the market with an abundance mentality strengthened the whole market. When you carry the abundance view with you, the market opens up. You begin to see micro-economy within the macro-atmosphere of your local market. There are the vegetable producers. One specializes in tomatoes and […]
A Market Manager is responsible for regulation compliance, the customer, and the farmer. Here are 12 tips to help you stay in good graces. What a Market Manager deals with throughout a season. To your first year or tunnel-visioned farmer, a Market Manager might seem like just another hoop to […]
State of the Soil, not so final reflections. Transparency continues. I am proud and honored of every person who watched our State of the Soil Summit January 23-27. To have so many people validate a dream was encouraging. The attendance was more than I could have hoped for, so it is a great indicator we have […]
State of the Soil’s White Paper To be clear, the white paper I am fixing to present to you came from a single question. I was asked to compare & contrast small market gardening to larger commercial ventures. For a frame of reference I focused on the smallest backyard hobbyist; scaling up to a few […]
New York Ag Tech Week Day 1 Session 1. Opening Panel. At the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem NYC Ag-tech week, 2016 Kicked off with a panel discussion led by Henry Gordon-Smith of Blue Planet Consulting and passed along to food tech & thought leaders: Rob Laing of farm.one, Ed Harwood of Aero Farms, Stephen Ritz […]
