Excerpt: In 2015, farmers produced and sold $8.7 billion of edible food commodities directly to consumers, retailers, institutions, and a variety of local food intermediaries such as distributors and wholesalers that market and sell locally branded products. Consumers accounted for 35 percent of these direct food sales, and retailers, 27 percent. Direct farm sales include both fresh foods and processed or value added products such as bottled milk, cheese, meat, jam, cider, wine, etc.
Details
Title
Direct Farm Sales of Food: Results from the 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey (Highlights)
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/338296
Language
English
Total Pages
2
Note
The 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey was designed to collect data related to the marketing of foods directly from farm producers to consumers or retailers who then sell directly to consumers. The primary purpose of the Local Food Marketing Practices Survey was to produce benchmark statistics on the number of farms that market food directly, the value of these direct sales, and the marketing practices used in conjunction with direct sales. The survey was administered in all 50 states.
