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Marketing & Specialty Foods

Many small-scale farmers are responsible not only for growing their crops, but also for selling their products. Agricultural marketing can include selling to wholesalers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, and consumers.
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Agritourism

Agricultural tourism is a commercial enterprise at a working farm or ranch conducted for the enjoyment and education of visitors, and that generates supplemental income for the owner or operator.
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Farm Management Resources

Besides growing and selling products, there are many other important aspects to managing a farm business.
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Blueberries

The UC Small Farm Program has helped lead the way in introducing blueberry production to California farmers. Advisors continue with blueberry field research and outreach to interested growers.
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About Us

Small farms research and extension efforts at the University of California are focused on the challenges and opportunities of California's small-scale farm operators.
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Blueberry Day Video

This video highlights some of the work that the Small Farm Program does with blueberry research. The video was filmed in May 2008 to present to an audience of University academics who were unable to attend the 2008 Blueberry Field Day at Kearney Agricultural Center.
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Organic Agriculture Links

Please note: Links to web sites are provided solely as a convenience to you. We do not endorse the sites to which you are being linked, and make no representation regarding their accuracy or security.
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Small Farm Program Publications

Agritourism and Nature Tourism in California Small Farm Handbook California's New Green Revolution: Pioneers in Sustainable Agriculture Outlook for a Small Farm Meat Goat Industry for California Planning and Managing Agritourism and Nature Tourism Enterprises- A Handbook Outstanding in their Fields:...
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Cultivating Mushroom on Small Farms workshop, 2009

The "Cultivating Mushrooms on Small Family Farms" workshop was held Aug. 13, 2009 at the UC Kearney Research & Extension Center in Parlier. View the agenda. Below are PDF copies of PowerPoint presentations from the workshop. Cultivating Mushrooms on Small Family Farms (1.
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