Marketing

Marketing and business options for small-scale producers are diverse. Find the alternative marketing ideas, direct marketing resources, value added expertise and regulatory programs you need to enhance your farming or ranching success.

Country Farmers Market store. (Copyright IStock)

Marketing Overview

A handful of cherry tomatoes. (Copyright IStock.)

Community Supported Agriculture

Veggies in baskets at a Farmer's Market. (Copyright ARS)

Farmer's Markets

Young boy holding basket of picked strawberries. (Copyright IStock)

Farm-to-Institution

Blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. (Copyright IStock.)

Direct Marketing

Canned tomatoes (Copyright IStock.)

Value-Added Agriculture

Food Hub truck (Source Leopold Center/Iowa State.)

Cooperatives and Food Hubs

Pick Your Own signs at a farm. (Copyright IStock)

Agritourism and Farm Tours

Organic carrots. (Copyright IStock)

Farm Certifications