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Building a Sustainable Business

A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses

A guide to developing a business plan for farms and rural businesses.
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Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses brings the business planning process alive to help today's alternative and sustainable agriculture entrepreneurs transform farm-grown inspiration into profitable enterprises. Sample worksheets lend a practical perspective and illustrate how real farm families set goals, researched processing alternatives, determined potential markets, and evaluated financing options. Blank worksheets help the reader develop a detailed, lender-ready business plan or map out strategies to take advantage of new opportunities.

  • This publication is also available in the following formats:
    • Abbreviated Spanish version from the University of Missouri at http://agebb.missouri.edu/sustain/espanol/negocios.pdf
    • Individuals chapters and worksheets from the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at http://www.misa.umn.edu/Publications/BuildingaSustainableBusiness/index.htm

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Published: 2003
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Pages: 280

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Print Version
$17.00

Order by phone: (301) 779-1007.

Visit How to Order for bulk discount and shipping rates, additional ordering options, order tracking information and more. This publication is distributed by SARE Outreach.

 

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