Turn your hobby farm into a successful business
No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby farm business. Based on the author's expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper.
The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start-up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local foods venture.
- A must-read book for raising and selling local, sustainable foods
- Includes sample business plan, grant application, marketing and advertising plan, and other forms
- Lengthy resources section directs you to additional reading
- Also by Aubrey: Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business Whether it's growing heirloom tomatoes, raising free-range chickens for their eggs, or making organic wine or cheese, this book shows you how to turn your hobby into a profit.
The Profitable Hobby Farm, How to Build a Sustainable Local Foods Business | Sarah Beth Aubrey (Author)| Howell Book House
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Creation and Veraison
Chapter 1. The Case for Small-Scale Farming and Local Foods Ventures
Chapter 2. From Idea to Inventory: Planning and Assessing the Market
Chapter 3. Funding Assistance
Chapter 4. Rules, Regulations, and Legalese
Part Two: Fresh Business Ideas
Chapter 5. Creating a Cooperative
Chapter 6. Agritourism: Recreation as a Business
Part Three: Selling, Marketing, and Prospecting
Chapter 7. Wholesale and Retail Pricing Strategies
Chapter 8. Where and How to Sell
Chapter 9. Marketing Ideas
Chapter 10. Keeping (and Keeping Track of) Customers
Part Four: The First Year of Your Journey
Chapter 11. The Lifestyle Change and First-Year Transition Tips
Finale: The Prints You Leave Behind
Resources
Sample Business Documents
Index
About the Author
Photo Credits
LINK FOR THE BOOK
