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Choosing an E-commerce Platform for Direct Marketing
A new guide and reports can be a valuable, time-saving resource for farms and ranches adding e-commerce to their direct marketing.
Resources for Starting a Small-Scale Meat Plant
A new guide to setting up a small-scale meat processing facility, So You Want to Start a Meat Plant?, is available free online.
Free Online Courses for Farmers Market Vendors
Texas Food Education & Discovery is offering two new free online courses for farmers market vendors – online and at your own pace.
Don’t Spend It All in One Place! Who Is Pocketing Your Food Dollar?
How much of your food dollar, on average, makes it into farmers’ pockets? What can you do to increase that amount?
Direct Marketing: Higher Sales, Fewer Farms?
Over the past few years, Oklahoma farms have been making more money from direct marketing – but not as many of them are doing it.
Viruses Boost Demand for Local Beef
Both COVID and computer viruses have led to a new wave of demand for local beef – and these free resources can help meet it.