Direct Markets

• Community Supported Agriculture
• Farmers' Markets

Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.

• Direct Marketing for Producers of Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Specialty Products, University of Tennessee.
   
• Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, NIFA, USDA - This online guide outlines examples of direct marketing enterprises.
• Marketing Your Products Directly, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service - This document has a chart comparing direct market strategies in terms of investments, costs and pricing.
   
• Selling Strategies for Local Food Producers, University of Missouri Extension.
   
• Western Profiles of Innovative Agricultural Marketing, 2003 - Published by the Western Extension Marketing Committee to highlight and examine some of the key ingredients of how several operations in the West have migrated from a traditional commodity-focused business into a successful direct marketing enterprise.
• Links to Other Sites
  • North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association
  • Local Harvest - The self-proclaimed largest directory of direct marketing family farms in the nation.

Links checked December 2019.