Organizations and Web Resources
Business Development Resources for Internet Sales and Mail Order Businesses
Marketing Farm Products on the Internet
Examples of Farmer and Rancher Internet Businesses
Funding Resources
- Four Corners Marketing Programs & Services listings of regional resources applicable to a variety of topics.
- Direct Marketing to Consumers for more marketing resources for selling directly to customers.
Organizations and Web Resources
The Local Harvest Store directly sells products from small farmers over the internet. In addition to selling fresh produce and meats directly to their local communities, many of the farmers offer some of their products via mail order on the Local Harvest website. They website currently has over 4,700 products listed.
http://www.localharvest.org/store/
Business Development Resources for Internet Sales and Mail Order Businesses
Small
This website has information about how to build an internet business. Resources include information about building a web storefront, how to handle internet payments, tax information and security information.
http://sbdcnet.org/SBIC/e-com.php
Marketing Farm Products on the Internet
How to Direct Market Farm Products on the Internet
This publication provides basic information and suggestions for direct farm marketers on
selecting and tailoring a Web site to meet their marketing needs and goals. Topics include developing an internet marketing plan and setting up an internet business.
This publication from the Washington State University Extension, covers the benefits of internet marketing for farmers. Various types of internet marketing discussed in this paper include; email and mailing lists and online forums.
http://king.wsu.edu/foodandfarms/documents/internetMrkt.pdf
This is a publication of the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, highlighting various creative marketing strategies for small scale farmers. This publication includes a section on both internet and mail order marketing.
http://www.sare.org/publications/marketing/marketing.pdf
How do I get a Web site to market farm products on-line?
This was an ATTRA “question of the week.” This website gives information and resources for the technical side of starting and building a marketing website.
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2005/02/21/p304
Examples of Farmer and Rancher Internet Businesses
Full Belly Farm is a certified organic farm in
http://www.fullbellyfarm.com/
Local Harvest
The Local Harvest Store directly sells products from small farmers over the internet. In addition to selling fresh produce and meats directly to their local communities, many of the farmers offer some of their products via mail order on the Local Harvest website. They website currently has over 4,700 products listed.
http://www.localharvest.org/store/
Funding Resources
- Financing for general resources to help fund agricultural marketing ventures.