A new tailgate/farmer's market will be located in Mills River, NC. The information, rules, and market applications is on the Mills River website at Mills River. If you are looking for another marketing venue this may be one worth visiting. The market is located at the town hall on NC highway 280. Vendors need to be located within 30 miles of the market and grow their own products.
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
Showing posts with label Marketing Tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marketing Tools. Show all posts
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Market Gardening Workshop
Thinking About a Market Garden?
Attend First Steps in Starting a Market Garden Business
Saturday, January 31 to learn how.
The North Carolina Arboretum launches its 2009 adult education series with a new workshop on January 31, "First Steps in Starting a Market Garden Business," led by Peter Marks, director of the Local Food and Farm Campaign for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP).
Participants will learn five important first steps every young or second-career farmer should consider before embarking on a market garden business.
"Many people dream of farming, but few succeed in building viable farm businesses that contribute to or provide their income," Marks said. "For anyone who has thought about growing food to earn part or all of their income, this workshop will take an honest look at what is involved to turn a dream into reality."
Topics during the two-hour workshop include marketing options, the regulatory environment, expectations for income and profit, basic farm business planning tools, and more.
Free but registration required. Space is limited. Call (828) 665-2492 x317 to register.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Attend First Steps in Starting a Market Garden Business
Saturday, January 31 to learn how.
The North Carolina Arboretum launches its 2009 adult education series with a new workshop on January 31, "First Steps in Starting a Market Garden Business," led by Peter Marks, director of the Local Food and Farm Campaign for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP).
Participants will learn five important first steps every young or second-career farmer should consider before embarking on a market garden business.
"Many people dream of farming, but few succeed in building viable farm businesses that contribute to or provide their income," Marks said. "For anyone who has thought about growing food to earn part or all of their income, this workshop will take an honest look at what is involved to turn a dream into reality."
Topics during the two-hour workshop include marketing options, the regulatory environment, expectations for income and profit, basic farm business planning tools, and more.
Free but registration required. Space is limited. Call (828) 665-2492 x317 to register.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Check out Tarheelgardening.com
Green Industry Professionals across North Carolina have an exciting new promotional tool. Tarheelgardening.com is a website designed to inform consumers about the many benefits of plants and planting North Carolina grown trees, shrubs, flowers, perennials, annuals and turfgrass. Consumers will be able to find information about local retail nurseries, garden centers, landscapers, irrigation contractors, landscape architects and other Green Industry Professionals. Consumers will also be able to access information about types of plants, growing information, help with plants, North Carolina’s Green Industry, and much more. This website will be promoted to the general public through print, radio and possibly TV advertising, as well as through other media.
Tarheelgardening.com is a cooperative effort between the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Marketing. Business Listings on Tarheelgardening.com are free to all qualified North Carolina Green Industry Professionals.
If you are interested in having your company listed in this site, please contact:
Shirley Nicholson
Division of Marketing
(919)733-7887
Shirley.nicholson@ncmail.net
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
Tarheelgardening.com is a cooperative effort between the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Marketing. Business Listings on Tarheelgardening.com are free to all qualified North Carolina Green Industry Professionals.
If you are interested in having your company listed in this site, please contact:
Shirley Nicholson
Division of Marketing
(919)733-7887
Shirley.nicholson@ncmail.net
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Tarheel Gardening
A new website is coming our way that will help consumers make choices in locating plants. Green Industry Professionals across North Carolina will soon have an exciting new promotional tool. Tarheel Gardening is a website designed to inform consumers about the many benefits of plants and planting North Carolina grown trees, shrubs, flowers, annuals, perennials, and turfgrass. Consumers will be able to find information about local retail nurseries, garden centers, landscapers, irrigation contractors, landscape architects, and other Green Industry Professionals.
The following link will take you to more information: Tarheel Gardening
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
The following link will take you to more information: Tarheel Gardening
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
Point of Sale Materials Available
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as part of an ongoing efforts to assist you in promoting North Carolina ornamental plants to consumers, has produced a series of promotional materials for use by North Carolina Garden Centers and retail nurseries These items include pot stakes, 5” x 7” price cards, and 18’ x 24’ full color coroplast signs. All these materials promote North Carolina Grown plant material using the “Got to be NC” and “Our Best Grown Just for You” themes. These items are free, in limited quantities, to any North Carolina retail nursery or garden center. For more information contact John Snipes, 919-733-7887, , Bill Glenn, 828-253-1691,, or John Aydlett, 252-331-4773 ..
In the Division of Marketing, we will be developing other means as well to highlight the quality and diversity of trees, shrubs, flowers, turfgrass, and Christmas trees that are grown in this state. We welcome your comments and suggestions regarding how we can best serve you and help expand your business.
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
In the Division of Marketing, we will be developing other means as well to highlight the quality and diversity of trees, shrubs, flowers, turfgrass, and Christmas trees that are grown in this state. We welcome your comments and suggestions regarding how we can best serve you and help expand your business.
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
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