by wtroxell | Mar 25, 2017 | Marketing
Farmers have the chance to market their products at three rest areas on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The farm markets will run April through November at rest areas located at the Allentown Service Plaza, Sideling Hill Service Plaza and New Stanton Service Plaza. Farmers...
by wtroxell | Feb 15, 2017 | Marketing
In 2016, the United States Department of Agriculture Nation Ag Statistic Service conducted a “Local Food Marketing Practices Survey” to get a better picture of the direct-to-consumer sales in agriculture. According to NASS, “the primary purpose of the Local Food...
by wtroxell | Jan 21, 2017 | Marketing
More than 167,000 U.S. farms locally produced and sold food through direct marketing practices, resulting in $8.7 billion in revenue in 2015, according to the results from the first Local Food Marketing Practices Survey, originally released on Dec. 20, 2016 by the...