Sell What You Grow: How to Take Your Herbs & Produce to Market for Serious Cash

By Mimi Luebbermann

Book Overview

If you're a specialty gardener, you have fertile ground for an exciting new business. Restaurants, health food stores, and other clients are clamoring for home-grown goods that you can provide. Mimi Luebbermann, a sharp businesswoman who put her love for the land to work profitably, gives you the fruit of her expertise. Inside, you'll learn how to: Find markets for specialty herbs and vegetables, flowers, gourds, and other natural goods Grow your business with savvy advice on sales and marketing, distribution, and regulations Expand into value-added products like jams, dried vegetables, and herb blends And much more! "A must-have book for food lovers with a yen to get back to the soil as market gardeners or backyard farmers. .?.?. Inspires and gives practical hints on how to start this journey."-Tom Haller, executive director of California Alliance with Dairy Farmers "Full of creative marketing ideas and useful examples. .?.?. Mimi's book is a gem."-Sibella Kraus, author of Greens: A Country Cookbook About the Author Mimi Luebbermann, author of numerous books, raises specialty produce and sheep at her Windrush Farm homestead in Petaluma, California.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761522999
• ISBN13: 9780761522997
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"