Many smaller diversified farms focus on direct market channels to sell without considering wholesale market channels. In this webinar, producers will explore how to diversify their sales by expanding into wholesale market options, what it takes for a small farm to access higher volume markets and learn about a new wholesale market opportunity for Illinois growers - the Good Food Purchasing Program recently enacted in Chicago and greater Cook County. Chicago Food Policy Action Council staff will explain the policy and how small farmers can use the new program to access new markets.
The 2021 Small Farm Webinar Series gives small producers access to practical tools and knowledge to improve their profitability and sustainability by learning about leading practices on emerging topics in production, management, and marketing.
Farmers Katie Funk, Jeff Hake, and Jonathan Funk have developed a value-added product line using fruits and grains from their Bloomington-area farm. The farm is only a few years old, but is built off the tradition and resources of the family s long-standing business, Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup. Jeff Hake will discuss those efforts and the next plans for the farm, including how they tie into opportunities and issues created by policy, regulations, larger markets, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change.
The 2021 Small Farm Webinar Series gives small producers access to practical tools and knowledge to improve their profitability and sustainability by learning about leading practices on emerging topics in production, management, and marketing.