Organic Farming - Attra - Organic Marketing Resources.pdf

ORRGANICGANIC MAARKETINGRKETING
REESOURCESSOURCES
MARKETING AND BUSINESS GUIDE
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

Abstract: Market resources anic food and fi ber products, anic prices, sales data, market trends,
and other market data, organic trade associations, directories, and anic marketing publications and resources,
with contact information for ordering them.
By Holly Born
NCAT Agriculture Specialist Related ATTRA Publications
June 2004 • Organic Field Crops Documentation Forms
©NCAT 2004 • NCAT’anic Livestock Workbook
• NCAT’anic Crops Workbook
• Alternative Beef Marketing
• Pork: Marketing Alternatives
• Alternative Meat Marketing
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• Creating anic Production and Handling System Plan:
A Guide anic Plan Templates
• Direct Marketing
• Entertainment Farming & Agri-Tourism
• Evaluating a Rural Enterprise
• Farmers’ Markets
• Green Markets for Farm Products
• Market Gardening: A Start-up Guide
• anic Grains
• Moving Beyond Conventional Cash Cropping
• Organic Farm Certifi cation & the anic Program
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................ 2 Retailers ..................................................... 8
Federal Crop Insurance anic Farmers ..... 3 Consumers .................................................. 9
Sources anic Market Price Information ....5 Finding Buyers ............................................. 10
Sources of Information on anic Directories .................................................. 10
and Natural Foods Markets ....................... 6 Trading Sites .................................... 11
Processors ................................................... 8 Not anic, But Useful .....................11
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