016 Mid-Season Check up!

09/20/20 • 54 min

I asked some of our past guests to share their answers to seven questions, so that we could hear some unique perspectives on how different farms and farmers across the country are faring during the wild year that is 2020. Joe Koopsen, Jordan Green, and Ben Grimes all shared their answers to the following questions:

1. What kind of changes came in March within each of your market streams? (Percentages or other way of describing it are fine) 2. When was the peak of pandemic buying for your farm business? Where are you now in relationship to the peak and the pre-pandemic status quo? 3. What strategies have you been using to hold onto your new customers? 4. What have you done to adapt in order to meet the demand in production, distribution and marketing? 5. What are your guesses for what the future might look like? 6. How are you, your family doing, adapting? 7. Anything else you want to add?

Thanks again for everyone participating. Good luck out there with any and all future fluctuations!

Thanks again for everyone participating. Good luck out there with any and all future fluctuations!

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015 Marketing, Distribution, and Partnerships for Efficient and Successful Farm Business with Curtis Brown

Curtis Brown is back for part two of our interview, where we talk all about how he has, and will continue to, get his meat into his customers' hands. We talk CSA logistics, marketing ideas, and streamlining through a cooperative distribution network.

Curtis and Ashley's Links:

foodethosfarm.com

instagram.com/foodethosfarm

facebook.com/foodethosfarm

For more about me:

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I had the pleasure of speaking with Jesie and Matthew Lawrence about the many sides of their diverse business, including farming, marketing, selling, and processing on a growing farm. In this episode Jesie helped me wrap my brain around all they do, their infrastructure, staff, and the ways they get their products to their customers. Check them out at the links below!

marblecreekfarmstead.com

marblecitymeats.com