Farmers ask Joie Schoonover, Director of Dining Services, Division of University Housing at UW-Madison,
questions about how institutions purchase local food during the IFM Meeting "Grow and Sell Produce for
Large Volume Wisconsin Buyers" in February, 2010.
Sell Local: Growers and producers wanted!
If you are interested in selling local Wisconsin produce or value added products, please
contact IFM today!
Value added producers that would like to be part of the IFM Local Foods
Program can sign up with our
registration
form.
Selling local food factsheets, links, guides, and more
Selling directly to Institutions – download our factsheets!
Don’t want to sell direct? Sell at a produce auction!
Production questions?
Packaging for institutional buyers
Grower's packaging guide
Food Safety – what you need to know
Some institutions and distributors require farmers to have certifications like Good Agricultural Practices
(GAP), and some don't, but either way its important to understand the key points of a food safety plan.
Insurance information
Business development help
Crop budgets and yield data
- Crop budgets
from the UW Center for Dairy Profitability for many kinds of fruit and
vegetable crops
- Yield data for fresh market vegetables
Marketing ideas
The Wisconsin Local Food Marketing Guide
contains information about selling to many kinds of markets, including the institutional market
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