BOOTSTRAP @ NORTH COUNTRY CREAMERY - DEVELOPING A MARKETING PLAN
By Ashlee Kleinhammer of North Country Creamery This year we took a multi-prong approach to marketing. I was striving toward an ideal that we would sell most of our products through a CSA. We managed to serve around a
BOOTSTRAP @ CHASEHOLM FARM - REFLECTIONS ON MARKETING
By Sarah Lyons Chase of Chaseholm Farm This is post is coming at a good time for the farm, we were approved for raw milk sales last week and concrete was poured in our future tiny farm store. Getting into
Notes from Plowbreak Farm in Hector, NY
Walking into the field in Hector, New York, I find two farmers cheerfully harvesting basil and hot peppers. Meet Aaron Munzer and Kara Cusolito, founders of Plowbreak Farm. Plowbreak Farm began in 2012 when Aaron and Kara leased three acres
BOOTSTRAP @ CHASEHOLM FARM - THOUGHTS ON PASTURE MANAGEMENT
By Sarah Lyons Chase of Chaseholm Farm This is a big one. This is my first season ever and also my first season managing a rotationally grazed dairy herd. I think I have a lot to learn about how to maximize
Bootstrap @ Chaseholm Farm - Marketing and Sales
This is post is coming at a good time for the farm, we were approved for raw milk sales last week and concrete was poured in our future tiny farm store. Getting into dairy farming from cheese making was like
Upcoming Food Justice Certified Training in NY
Farmers and businesses in the northeast: The Agricultural Justice Project is hosting a Food Justice Certified training in upstate NY from October 30th to November 1st. See below for more information. The Food Justice Certified label was created to unite
NYFC Reps farmers at New York's Pig Mountain Festival
“The delicious medley of fourteen freshly-cooked pigs, spread out on the tables of fourteen of the region’s top chefs – what a way to end the summer!” -a satisfied Pig Mountain customer who stopped by the NYFC booth Last week,
Good old-fashioned innovation in the Ithaca meat market
How do you increase farmers’ profits and consumers’ meat consumption without asking farmers or consumers to break the bank? In Ithaca, NY, Matt LeRoux, an agriculture marketing specialist at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, and Keri Bartlett of
BOOTSTRAP @ NORTH COUNTRY CREAMERY - REFLECTIONS ON TRAINING FOR A NEW FARMER
By Ashlee Kleinhammer of North Country Creamery I first landed on the east coast almost a decade ago, my initiation into dairy farming was watching the herdswoman, Judith, at Hawthorne Valley Farm tend the sixty Brown Swiss beasts. “I can
Resource Spotlight - Kiva Zip Helps Connect Supporting Communities with Entrepreneurs
Beginning farmers know that one of the biggest obstacles we face is access to capital and credit as we build our farms. While there are a lot of commercial and governmental loan programs for farmers out there, many don’t have