The Profitable Hobby Farm How To Build A Sustainable Local Foods Business Sarah Beth Aubreyauth by Sarah Beth Aubrey(auth.) 9780470432099, 9781118265765, 0470432098, 1118265769 instant download after payment.

No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby farm business. Based on the author's expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper.

The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start-up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local foods venture.

• A must-read book for raising and selling local, sustainable foods
• Includes sample business plan, grant application, marketing and advertising plan, and other forms
• Lengthy resources section directs you to additional reading
• Also by Aubrey: Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm BusinessWhether it's growing heirloom tomatoes, raising free-range chickens for their eggs, or making organic wine or cheese, this book shows you how to turn your hobby into a profit.

Content:
Chapter 1 The Case for Small?Scale Farming and Local Foods Ventures (pages 1–23):
Chapter 2 From Idea to Inventory: Planning and Assessing the Market (pages 24–40):
Chapter 3 Funding Assistance (pages 41–64):
Chapter 4 Rules, Regulations, and Legalese (pages 65–86):
Chapter 5 Creating a Cooperative (pages 86–102):
Chapter 6 Agritourism: Recreation as a Business (pages 103–122):
Chapter 7 Wholesale and Retail Pricing Strategies (pages 122–148):
Chapter 8 Where and How to Sell (pages 149–173):
Chapter 9 Marketing Ideas (pages 174–197):
Chapter 10 Keeping (and Keeping Track of) Customers (pages 198–222):
Chapter 11 The Lifestyle Change and First?Year Transition Tips (pages 222–246):