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How Do I Get My Market Garden Certified Organic In Ontario?
Alright! So, you have made the big decision to get your market garden organically certified, or at least you are thinking about it and are curious about how to go start this task. I’ll let you in on a little secret, we are pretty curious about certifying our market...
Certified Organic VS Certified Naturally Grown In Canada
If you are starting a farm, already own a farm, or are a consumer of goods grown on a farm, you may be trying to figure out the difference between certified organic and certified naturally grown. I know I am. As you may or may not know, my husband Jon and I are...
How To Organize Your Sales Paper Trail On Your Market Garden
You most likely have a few different sales outlets and streams of income coming into your market garden. That is awesome! Keep up the great work! How do you keep all your sales invoices organized so you are getting paid for the products leaving your market garden? In...
How To Keep Your Purchases Organized On Your Market Garden
I know, I know, keeping track of your purchases is not the most exciting topic in the world, but, an organized office leads to a more organized and productive garden so you’re just gonna have to bear with me on this one! Proper office procedures are as important to...
Effective Marketing Strategies For Your Market Garden
Marketing is a very important part of your market farm business. Yes, farming is a business. “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” -Peter Drucker No business can make a profit without garnering some income. That income comes from new and repeat...
How To Incorporate Fixed Expenses In Your Market Farm Budget
In my last article, here, I explained how to track income and expenses on your market farm for your crop budget, without including fixed expenses. Well, it’s now time to complete the puzzle and incorporate those fixed expenses into your budget. To review, crop budgets...
How To Track Income And Expenses As A Market Gardener
Profit = Income - Expenses Get familiar with this business equation because it's not going anywhere! As a market gardener, you have many different enterprises, or crops, each with its own Profit equation. All of the individual farm activities are combined to create...
How To Make A Profit As A Market Gardener
“The biggest fallacy in farming is that there is no money in it.” One of the most important tools in a farmer's toolbox is financial planning and record-keeping. I know, not the most exciting subject in the world but oh so important if you want your farm to survive...
The Importance Of A Good Business Plan For Your Market Garden
When you read the title of this article you might be thinking, “What? A farm doesn't need a business plan. You grow veggies and sell them. What do you need a plan for?” If only it were that easy! The truth is, a farm is a business. As much as we may not want to think...
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STARTING A MARKET FARM
What Is The Real Organic Project?
I’m going to be honest here, before I really started looking into organic certification fairly recently, I had not heard of the Real Organic Project. I came across the organization when I was looking at different types of organic certification for vegetable farmers....
How To Grow Seedlings In A Nursery For Your Market Farm
Transferring your transplants from the seedling room to the nursery is your next step for getting an early start this spring. To recap from my last article, a seedling room is ideal for starting a small amount of indoor production, but once a certain number of...
How To Produce High Quality Transplants For Your Market Garden
It’s January and spring is right around the corner! Time to get your seed orders in and start thinking about how you’re going to grow the best transplants this year. This is our first year as market farmers, and we intend to transplant more than we direct seed, so we...
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