Are you an experienced farmer who wants make more money wholesaling your products? The Business of Farming for Wholesale could help you get there! This one-day workshop, based on Maine Farmland Trust’s Farming for Wholesale program, will examine wholesale from many different angles. Jed Beach, of FarmSmart, will lead the workshop focusing on production costing and marketing of wholesale products. During the workshop you’ll have a chance to:
Use last year’s actual records to find your most (& least) profitable crops.
Create and evaluate different financial scenarios for your farm business.
Investigate some of the most beneficial wholesale production, marketing, and distribution techniques.
Meet some of the other wholesale farmers and some wholesale buyers in your area.
In addition, each farm will receive follow-up technical assistance tailored to your farm’s growth strategy. This extremely valuable technical assistance will help you transfer what you’ve learned in the workshop to your specific farm needs.
