Ag Business Development
- starting a value-added business
- new uses, new opportunities
- business topics
- value-added agriculture topics
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ag Business Development Division
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Toll-Free Number:
(866) 466-8283
abd@mda.mo.gov
www.mda.mo.gov
Ag Business Development
Community-Supported Agriculture
Resources:
- Missouri Food Circles Networking Project (University of Missouri Outreach/Extension)
- Community Supported Agriculture program includes definitions and resources (Alternative Farming Systems Information Center of the USDA National Agricultural Library)
- “New markets for producers: selling to retail stores” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
- “Managing a CSA farm 1: production, labor, and land” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
- “Managing a CSA farm 2: community, economics, marketing, and training” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
- Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources
- “Eight Tips from Experts to Make Your Community Shared Agriculture Project a Success” (Cognition-The Voice of Canadian Organic Growers)
- “Community Supported Agriculture” (Missouri Alternatives Center)
- “Marketing Strategies for Vegetable Growers” (University of Florida)
- A Guide to Marketing Organic Produce (Texas A&M)
- “Marketing Options for Commercial Vegetable Growers” (pdf) (University of Kentucky)
Associations and Organizations:
- Missouri Vegetable Growers Association, (826) 632-1350
- Missouri Small Fruit Growers Association, (573) 627-3717
Examples of Community Supported Agriculture:
Missouri Contacts to Assist You with Community Supported Agriculture:
- Horticulture Specialist, Ag Business Development, (573) 751-3394
- Mary Hendrickson, Missouri
Food Circles Networking Project,
(573) 882-7463