@article{Shofer:317877,
      recid = {317877},
      author = {Shofer, Daniel P. and Holmes, Glyen and Richardson, Vonda  and Connerly, Charles},
      title = {Innovative Marketing Opportunities for Small Farmers:   Local Schools as Customers},
      address = {2000-02},
      number = {1470-2022-279},
      pages = {61},
      year = {2000},
      note = { This research was conducted under a cooperative agreement  titled Opportunities for Limited-Resource Producers to  Supply a School Lunch Program in Florida with Local  Agricultural Products—A Pilot Project, administered by the  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing  Service, Transportation and Marketing Programs, Marketing  and Transportation Analysis.},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report Introduction:  Obstacles facing  the small farmer have been recognized, and efforts have  begun to ensure their continued contribution to U.S.  agriculture.  Local limited-resource farmers in northern  Florida, together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s  (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Natural  Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), West Florida  Resource Conservation and Development Council (WFRCDC), and  Florida A&M University (FAMU), are working to better the  financial situations of the farmers through innovative  marketing strategies.  These limited-resource growers  formed a cooperative to increase their farm income by  introducing improved methods of marketing value-added  agricultural products, while encouraging innovative farming  techniques.  AMS, NRCS, WFRCDC, and FAMU came together as a  working group with a mutual concern for small farmers and  the family farm.  The working group established this pilot  project in early 1997 and concentrated on assisting small  farmers in the region to increase the prosperity of their  family farms. This report provides the results of the  2-year pilot project.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/317877},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.317877},
}