The VSU Small Farm Marketing and Business Program works directly with Virginia Cooperative Extension county-based field agents and the Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach Program to provide science based educational curriculum on critical marketing and business issues facing small farm operations across the state of Virginia.
If you are a beginning or existing small farm business interested in learning about how to increase profitability in a challenging market, we can help you make informed marketing and business decisions enhancing your competitive edge.
Small Farm Marketing and Business Education
- Farm Marketing Strategies
- Farm Business Development
- Effective Product Pricing
- Value-Added Farm Product Start-Up
- Webpage Development for Farmers
- Social Networking for Farmers
- Farmers Markets
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Workplace Markets
- Buying Clubs
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Step 1: Schedule an office or farm visit to determine your small farm marketing and business educational needs by contacting your local Virginia Cooperative Extension office, Agricultural and Natural Sciences (ANR) county agent: Find them at: http://www.ext.vt.edu/offices/.
NOTE: If you are a beginning farmer, beginning rancher (in operation less than 10 years), African American, Native American, Asian American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native, or a woman, the VSU Small Farm Outreach offers one-on-one technical assistance and outreach in 44 counties in Virginia. Contact William A. Crutchfield, Director of the VSU Small Farm Outreach and Technical Assistance Program to determine your eligibility at (571) 244-8932, or wcrutchfield@vsu.edu.
Step 2: If you and your field agent or the Director of the VSU Small Farm Outreach and Technical Assistance Program, after the first meeting agree that you need specific additional educational assistance in small farm marketing and business, request your county agent to contact Theresa Nartea, Extension Specialist at (804) 524-5491 or tnartea@vsu.edu for direct VCE field office technical assistance.
| Small Farm Outreach and Technical Assistance Program Area (Okpebholo, 2011) | |
| Project Counties | #SDFRFL |
| Zone 1 : Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania (Clifford Somerville) | 566 |
| Zone 2 : Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward (Alvin Adkins; Derrick Cladd) | 442 |
| Zone 3 : Isle of Wight, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex (Clifton Slade; Derrick Cladd) | 199 |
| Zone 4 : Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Nelson (James Sheppard Partial) | 293 |
| Zone 5 : Amelia, Charles, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Gooch., Henrico, Prince George (Vernon Heath) | 295 |
| Zone 6 : Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Hanover, Louisa, Orange, Spotsylvania (Roland Terrell) | 307 |
| Zone 7 : Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Madison, Prince William, Rappahannock (Jim Hankins) | 396 |
| Total (Project Counties) | 2498 |
| Total (All VA Counties) | 3753 |
