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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/
Agricultural
This webpage has links to helpful information about
internet sales of agricultural products. Links include information about
advertising, marketing and legal issues of an internet business.
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/operatingbusiness/emailmarketinglinks.htm
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
E-Cooperatives.com
The National Farmers Union has launched
the world's first innovative portal to assist consumers to directly locate and
buy quality food products, goods and services from farms, ranches, farm co-ops
and rural businesses in the
http://www.e-cooperatives.com/index.php
Emergent E-Commerce in Agriculture
This article looks at the background of internet
sales for agricultural goods as well as an analysis of the role of e-commerce
in agriculture.
http://www.agmrc.org/NR/rdonlyres/0A646DEC-8EF3-4866-AC8A-F8923F91E223/0/ecommerce.pdf
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.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/MSB/PDFpubList/InternetMarketing.pdf
Internet Marketing for Farmers
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
Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers
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
Full Belly Farm
Full Belly Farm is a certified organic farm in
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/
Organic Essentials
Organic Essentials works with the Texas Organic Cotton
Marketing Cooperative to grow and produce products made from organic cotton.
Online purchasing is available at their website.
http://organicessentials.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&file=index&func=display&ceid=8&meid=16
Wholesome Harvest
Wholesome Harvest is a coalition of
over 40 concerned small family farms. Since 2001, Wholesome Harvest has been
offering premium organic certified poultry and meats to grocers, chefs and
households. Their web catalog has over 100 meat products that can be ordered
directly over the internet.
http://www.wholesomeharvest.com/servlet/StoreFront
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