Baskets to Pallets

Need help determining when your beef animal is ready for slaughter? Join Cornell Beef Cattle Extension Specialist Mike Baker as he describes features of market readiness for both finished and unfinished beef and dairy crosses. In this second video, we look at beef cattle as they hang on the rail at a packer. Mike Baker,…

What is a Food Hub and is it a viable market channel for my products?  Is a box store too big a channel for my farm’s scale?  Farmers and food producers often ask us what markets are appropriate.  In the videos below, you’ll hear farmers and buyers talk about building relationships, expectations, quality, packaging, and…

About the Teaching Manual The Baskets to Pallets Teaching Manual (1st Edition) contains a series of presentations, discussions, activities, videos and other teaching resources that an agricultural service provider can adapt to meet the needs of local farmer audiences.  The Manual incorporates two Case Study Farms, based on an actual produce and livestock farm currently operating…

Scaling-Up: Perspectives from Growers and Buyers on Barriers and Benefits to Wholesale Marketing of Local Fruits and Vegetables Explores the challenges and opportunities to increasing wholesale fruit and vegetable sales through interviews of experienced and beginner Iowa growers as well as wholesale buyers with experience in the local produce wholesale market. Published by Practical Farmers…