Retail Farm Market School: Building and Expanding your Market
- Length
- 1 hour, 30 minutes
- Language
- English
- Event Format
- On-Demand | Recorded
During Retail Farm Market School: Building and Expanding your Market, we will discuss some of the most common considerations for growing your farm market business, from building codes to shopper psychology. Building or expanding a farm market or roadside produce stand requires careful planning. Learn from experts about permits, zoning regulations, and other compliance hurdles that can add time, costs, and headaches to the process.
This event is part of the Retail Farm Market School series. Look for our other events, peer exchanges, and online courses.
Funding for the Retail Farm Market School series was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 21FMPPA1052. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
- Farmers
- Entrepreneurs planning to build a farm market
- Farm market operators looking to expand their footprint
- Market operators looking to improve shopper experience
- Considerations and approvals for building a new retail store or roadside stand
- Considerations and approvals for scaling up from an existing store/stand
- Introduction to zoning and building codes
- An overview of farm market insurance options
- Layout and design considerations for optimal shopper experience
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