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Farm business
These resources cover marketing, budgeting, and building a sustainable small farm business.
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Institutional Healthcare Market for Local Produce
An analysis of the market potential for fresh fruits and vegetables in healthcare institutions based on a survey of food service directors (466 K PDF)
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Building a sustainable business
A guide to developing a business plan for farms and rural businesses (4.91 MB PDF) – Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
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Marketing local food
(1.77 MB PDF) – Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
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Farmers Market Sales Log
(23 K PDF)
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Estimated costs of crop production
Iowa State University
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Estimated costs of pasture and hay production
(66.6 K PDF) – Iowa State University
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Livestock enterprise budgets for Iowa
(617 K PDF) – Iowa State University
Other websites we recommend
- Farm to School – University of Minnesota Extension program
- Minnesota Grown
- Agricultural Marketing Resources Center
