Friday, February 20, 2015 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Event Link: Costs, Pricing, and Wholesale Marketing Organized By: Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development Presentation Summary Being a sustainable farmer is more than the farming methods you use, it also means ensuring you can stay in business regardless of your marketing outlet. Veteran farmer and consultant Chris Blanchard will help you navigate pricing strategies to meet your customer needs and your farm's bottom line, and discuss strategies and techniques for reaching out to - and retaining - buyers from stores, restaurants, and wholesale distributors. |
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Thursday, January 23, 2014 Vancouver, British Columbia Event Link: Register here. Organized By: UBC Farm Centre Chris' Presentations: Being a sustainable farmer is more than the farming methods you use, it also means ensuring you can stay in business regardless of your marketing outlet. Chris Blanchard of Rock Spring Farm and Flying Rutabaga Works will help you navigate pricing strategies to meet your customer needs and your farm's bottom line. This workshop will include methods for determining production costs and pricing across variation in your farm system including the differences between field production and season extension. Friday, January 10, 2014 St.Cloud, Minnesota Event Link: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/organic/conference.aspx Organized By: mda.state.mn.us Chris' Presentations: Join Chris for two great sessions about pricing and marketing at the nation's coldest organic farming conference! Buy My Rutabagas: Marketing Horticultural Crops to Food Stores - To market your produce to food stores, you need to understand the world of retail produce. Chris Blanchard will share Rock Spring Farm’s approach to marketing to produce buyers, including communication, branding, how to determine your price, and how stores determine their prices. (Saturday morning at 8:00am) What It's Worth: Pricing for Profits - Being a sustainable farmer is more than the farming methods you use, it also means ensuring you can stay in business regardless of your marketing outlet. Chris Blanchard of Flying Rutabaga Works and Rock Spring Farm will help you navigate pricing strategies to meet your customer needs and your farm's bottom line. (Saturday morning at 9:45am) Wednesday, April 24 2013 Online Event Link: Countryside Conservancy Organized By: Countryside Conservancy Chris' Presentations: A free webinar hosted by Countryside Conservancy. Being a sustainable farmer is more than the farming methods you use, it also means ensuring you can stay in business regardless of your marketing outlet. Chris Blanchard of Rock Spring Farm and Flying Rutabaga Works will help you navigate pricing strategies to meet your customer needs and your farm's bottom line. 6pm Central Time. Monday, December 5 - Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Event Link: Sioux Falls Organic Agriculture Conference Organized By: South Dakota State University Chris' Presentations:
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