Episode -061- Cory Van Gronnigen of VG Meats on Running a Farm, Abattoir and Retail Business

What’s it like to run a farm, abattoir and retail business? Cory Van Gronnigen from VG meats shares his experiences.

Connect with VG Meats: VG Meats - http://www.vgmeats.ca

Episode -057- What’s It Like To Start A Farm? With Eileen and James from Little Seed Farm

What’s it really like to start a farm?

Ever wondered what it’s really like to start a farm from scratch? James and Eileen from Little Seed Farm in Tennessee have done just that and they share A LOT with us today. Thank you for being so open with me today. Little Seed Farm - http://www.littleseedfarm.com …

Episode -056- Jesse Bussard on Media and Marketing Solutions for Farmers and Ranchers

Jesse Bussard on Social Media Marketing for Farmers and Ranchers

Connect with Jesse: Cow punch creative – social media and marketing - www.cowpunchcreative.com Jesse’s Blog - http://pearlsnapblog.com about.me/jessebussard A website Jesse designed for Curt Pate – www.curtpatestockmanship.com

We Don’t Live In A Perfect World

Film Title: An Inconvenient Truth.

The other day I had an interesting conversation with a woman at the farmers market. We sold her some Organic, 100% Grass-fed and finished beef. We drove 2 1/2 hours to get there. We got up at 5:30am. It took 2 years for this beef to be produced into it’s a 1lb package of ground beef. …

Creating “Packages” to Sell at Farmers Markets

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Selling at farmers markets can be easy. Some folks just walk right up to your tent and buy $100 worth of product. However, many people don’t do that. With my experience selling grass-fed beef, which is more expensive than the junk meat in the grocery store, people can be more hesitant to buy. Sure there …

Appearance at Farmers Markets

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I’m currently working at the James Ranch in Durango, CO. www.JamesRanch.net . The James family are brilliant marketers. I mean, REALLY good marketers. Please look at their website to fully grasp their many operations. Today I’d like to focus on what I’ve learned from them when it comes to marketing at farmers markets. One of …

Push VS Pull Marketing

Push VS Pull Marketing. What are they? Why is it important? When you boil it down, there are two different types of marketing. Push marketing, where you are pushing your message to people. Think of TV commercials, radio ads and billboards. This is followed by Pull marketing where you are drawing people to your brand/business …