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Season Extension: Marketing and Economics
Information on budgeting, business planning and marketing strategies for a season extension enterprise.
2003 High Tunnel Production Manual
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
A 17-chapter manual covering a wide range of high tunnel production topics. For purchase only.
Building a Sustainable Business
Type: Book
Bringing the business planning process alive, Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing...
CSA Training Manual for Producers
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
In 2005, Jim Sluyter received an NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher grant to help farmers, especially new and prospective...
Expanding Winter Harvest and Sales for New England Vegetable Crops
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This UMass Extension website offers resources on winter vegetable crop storage and marketing, as well...
Local Harvest
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Local Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook offers straightforward guidance on cooperative marketing, an...
High Tunnels
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Includes case studies, a supplier list and chapters on marketing, site selection, construction and types,...
Moving Nursery Producers Toward Sustainable Practices Fact Sheets
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
These fact sheets discuss alternative containers, marketing and crop selection, alternatives to synthetic...
Success Basics in High Tunnel Production: Three Maryland Case Studies
Type: Northeast SARE Ag Innovations
This three-year study involved five innovative farmers in building high tunnels to investigate best...
Additional Resources
The following resources, which were not funded or produced by SARE, contain valuable information.
Economics and marketing resources from Hightunnels.org
Hoophouse Farming Startup: Economics, Efforts and Experiences from 12 Novice Hoophouse Farmers (a Michigan State University Extension bulletin)
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food resources for local marketing (a USDA initiative to strengthen local and regional food systems)
Planning for Profit: How to Analyze High Tunnel Finances (a Cornell University High Tunnel Team fact sheet)
Properties and Recommended Conditions for the Long-Term Storage of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (a University of California, Davis resource)
Sample Budgets and Spreadsheets for Specific Crops (a Cornell University High Tunnel Team resource)
Vegetable Production Budgets for a High Tunnel (an Iowa State University fact sheet)
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