I have a lot to tell you about my trip to Denver for the Slow Food Nations event, and to share ideas and research about vendor development at markets, and talk about the upcomingDirect Marketing Ag Summitin mid September, but instead of that, this post will focus on the immediate crisis ...
I have a lot to tell you about my trip to Denver for the Slow Food Nations event, and to share ideas and research about vendor development at markets, and talk about the upcomingDirect Marketing Ag Summitin mid September, but instead of that, this post will focus on the immediate crisis ...
there's two ways farmers are being impacted: one is that, because of the air quality the farmers markets have closed, so they've lost that retail outlet," Hutchason says "The second way they're being affected is the smoke is so bad that they can't go out and harvest. So e...
The president insists his tough trade policies will pay off long-term, forcing other countries to concede and remove tariffs on U.S. goods. "The farmers will be the biggest beneficiaries. You watch. We're opening up markets." But, Colorado's U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, who sits on the ...
especially at the merchant level. This is also true of new app-based systems (also called “contactless systems”) like Apple Pay which allow a user to upload credit cards to their iPhone 6 and use encrypted “near-field technology” to just tap or wave the smart phone at the merchant pa...
outlets opening during the restrictions and although that part WAS incredibly difficult, little research was done on the larger-than-normal turnover of market staff that by state and network leaders noted after the restrictions lifted and markets were allowed to return to previous operational ...
U.S. farmers markets could start to operationalize this approach through connecting CSA, farm stands, and agritourism to their efforts – and not just as a part of the market day: Asking producers if they have those type of activities and how they can be promoted through the farmers market;...
They continue to worry there is no end in sight with China, and questions remain about how welcome markets in Canada and Mexico will be. What was a profitable business for us is now not profitable, maybe break even at best, and it is a matter of how long can you go on doing that....
sustainability Review Leverage Points for Governing Agricultural Soils: A Review of Empirical Studies of European Farmers' Decision-Making Bartosz Bartkowski * ID and Stephan Bartke ID Department of Economics, UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; stephan.bartke@ufz.de...
The World Bank projects that by 2050, the total GDP could be reduced by 0.7%–2.4% as a result of climate-change-related reductions in agriculture, including the distribution of agricultural production, food supply, and global markets [3]. To date, the focus on climate adaptation strategies ...