Author: Gary Paul Green
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2013-12-27
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 1781006717
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rural development policies have historically focused primarily on increasing agricultural productivity, but this volume demonstrates the need for a much broader approach as rural producers become increasingly integrated into the global economy. Followi
Author: United States. Small Business Administration
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James Matson
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2015-09-17
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780160929847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report is part of a multi-volume technical report series entitled, Running a Food Hub, with this guide serving as a companion piece to other United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports by providing in-depth guidance on starting and running a food hub enterprise. In order to compile the most current information on best management and operations practices, the authors used published information on food hubs, surveyed numerous operating food hubs, and pulled from their existing experience and knowledge of working directly with food hubs across the country as an agricultural business consulting firm. The report’s main focus is on the operational issues faced by food hubs, including choosing an organizational structure, choosing a location, deciding on infrastructure and equipment, logistics and transportation, human resources, and risks. As such, the guide explores the different decision points associated with the organizational steps for starting and implementing a food hub. For some sections, sidebars provide “decision points,” which food hub managers will need to address to make key operational decisions. This illustrated guide may assist the operational staff at small businesses or third-party organizations that may provide aggregation, marketing, and distribution services from local and regional producers to assist with wholesale, retail, and institution demand at government institutions, colleges/universities, restaurants, grocery store chains, etc. Undergraduate students pursuing coursework for a bachelor of science degree in food science, or agricultural economics may be interested in this guide. Additionally, this reference work will be helpful to small businesses within the food trade discipline.
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Publisher: Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Brings the business planning process alive to help today's agriculture entrepreneurs transform farm-grown inspiration into profitable enterprises. Sample worksheets illustrate how real farm families set goals, research processing alternatives, determine potential markets, and evaluate financing options. Blank worksheets offer readers the opportunity to develop their own detailed, lender-ready business plan and map out strategies" --back cover.
Author: David Dent
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1136546987
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines conventional development planning and innovative local planning approaches, drawing together lessons from recent experience of rural planning and land use. The authors examine past and current practice and ways that land use planning and management of natural resources can underpin sustainable local livelihoods. They draw on case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America to present findings relevant throughout the developing world.
Author: Samuel N. Stokes
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1997-08-13
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780801855481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A new edition of the 1989 classic that received the American Society for Landscape Architects' Honor Award and the Historic Preservation Book Prize. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition reports on changes in conservation over the last eight years. It includes new case studies, more than 50 new illustrations, a section on heritage tourism, and much more. 235 illustrations.