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Do you dream of turning your family's secret chocolate chip cookie
recipe into the cornerstone of your baking empire? Well, move over Mrs.
Fields, because with a little research, paperwork, gumption and elbow
grease, you can start a bakery business right in your own home!
Starting a Christmas tree enterprise is a long term commitment
because the trees can easily take six to ten years to reach maturity.
Growing Christmas trees takes a lot of work: you can't just plant them
and then ignore them until harvest time. However, they are an enterprise
that falls into a "seasonal, part-time" category as well as one that
doesn't require a tremendous amount of space (at typical planting rates
of 600-1,000 trees per acre), which allows part-time or small-scale
hobby farmers to grow them successfully.
In the wake of recent and on-going E. coli outbreaks, beef recalls and
Mad Cow Disease scares, there has been a resurgence of interest in the
art of raising all natural beef, either for personal consumption or for
sale. Raising a Calf for Beef is an easy to understand and
succinct guide to that art.
Farmer's markets are full of vendors selling apples by the peck and
roadside stands are a dime a dozen. The question is, how will you
differentiate yourself from them? After all, if you don't add a unique
twist to your apple product offerings, your potential customers are just
comparing apples to apples.
If your apple trees are loaded with fruit this fall, it's time to think
about the most profitable ways for you to sell them. Your options will
vary, depending on the competition and marketing opportunities in your
local area, the appearance of your apples, and you willingness to use
your interpersonal and/or computer skills to direct-market your apples.
As you gaze out over your pumpkin patch this fall, a disconcerting thought
may cross your mind: "Oh no! I never thought that I would get THIS many
pumpkins. There must be thousands of them!"
When Halloween time rolls around, pumpkins are a "must have" item for
many American households. Surprisingly, in many parts of the United
States, there aren't enough locally grown pumpkins to meet the huge
demand for them.
Everything That You Ever Needed to Know
About the Science of Growing Cut Flowers For Market, But Were Afraid to
Ask.
Americans buy over one billion dollars of cut flower bouquets every
year. They buy flowers for many occasions and many reasons, all year
round.
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Book Review: Raising a Calf for Beef
5 Ways To Market Your
Apples
Seven Profitable Products From Your Pumpkin Harvest
Growing
Pumpkins for Profit
