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Diversify, Finding Your Niche, Living the Life, Uncategorized

It’s Sugarin’ Season: Tree Sap to Maple Syrup



Here in Vermont, trees are starting to come out of their winter hibernation as their sap starts to flow from the roots on warmer spring days. The trees stored the sap during the shortened days of autumn. In the early spring, the sap occasionally travels from the roots to the leaf buds awaiting to unfurl. […]

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Forms and Tools, How to Promote, Market Yourself

Using Email Newsletters to Engage Customers



Email newsletters are a great way to keep in touch with your customers and let them know what is in season on your homestead. It’s a great way to highlight new products, important dates (like first or last market days of the season) or share exciting news about what is going on at your homestead […]

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Day-to-Day, Finding Your Niche, Getting Started, Market Yourself

Fighting The Social Stigma Of Working From Home



Let’s face it, many of us can only dream of working from the comfort of our own home. In my case, working from home has been an ongoing process of trying to turn “nothing” into “something”. From writing to marketing and selling products I either make or grow, this is how I would like to […]

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Adapt and Overcome, Featured, Finding Your Niche, Market Yourself, Overcome Objectives

Alternative Marketing Strategy: Change The Way You Think, Change The Way You Sell



Just when you think you have your marketing strategy figured out, think again.  The same methods will not work for everyone and doing so can leave your sales stagnant.  When it comes to making money, you need to stand out and give people what they want….even if they don’t know it yet. Let’s face it, […]

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Featured, Finding Your Niche, Getting Started, Living the Life, Market Yourself

Becoming A Farmer’s Market Vendor: What to Consider



Have you ever considered selling your goods at a local Farmer’s Market? If so, there are many things to think about before you plant a garden with every vegetable known to man. THE FIRST STEPS You need to become acquainted with all the laws, rules and regulations surrounding Farmer’s Markets in your state. They can […]

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Agritourism, Diversify, Living the Life

Farm Stand Opening Day-Stresses and Strategies



We have a roadside farm stand here on our 50-acre family farm, and each year our season runs from Memorial Day weekend through the last Saturday of November. We choose to have hours just two days per week- Saturdays from 10-4 and Tuesdays from 12-6. This allows me to run the stand without hired help […]

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