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Think Local Food: Real Prosperity Starts Here

Think Local Food: Real Prosperity Starts Here. Dorothy Suput Founder & Executive Director The Carrot Project. Our Clients. Key Points. Characteristics of small and midsized farms and value-added businesses Challenges for small and mid-sized farms and farm-related businesses

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Think Local Food: Real Prosperity Starts Here

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  1. Think Local Food: Real Prosperity Starts Here Dorothy Suput Founder & Executive Director The Carrot Project

  2. Our Clients

  3. Key Points • Characteristics of small and midsized farms and value-added businesses • Challenges for small and mid-sized farms and farm-related businesses • Local food and agriculture’s contributions to healthy communities

  4. Types of Businesses • Diversified vegetables • Goat farms and cheese-makers • Berry growers and cordial makers • Greenhouse herb cultivators • Horse hay producers • Dairies and micro-bottlers • Bakeries and picklers • Grassfed beef • Rope cultured mussels • Cultivated mushrooms 4

  5. Farmer Quotes We paid for our farm with our credit card. • -- Becky, New York farmer • It is hard for farmers who do not own land to secure loans – Any suggestions? • -- Rachel, Survey #207 • Thank you for taking an interest in farmers. Micro-financing is easier to get in India than in the U.S. • -- Robert, Maine Farmer

  6. Contributions to Community

  7. Bread & Butter Farm, VT Farm description: Community farm store and concert venue, bread bakery, pork, beef, milk and year-round greens Acreage: 146 acres total, with 100 in pasture and vegetables, and the remainder in forestry Years in Business: Recent merger on newly purchased farmland between established bakery and dairy (2 years) and year-around greens

  8. Bread & Butter’s Contributions

  9. Bug Hill Farm, MA Farm description: Forest and field fruit production, heirloom vegetables, and fruit-based value-added products Acreage: 50, hilly, marginal soils Years in Business: 2years – developing business and idea, test markets, and products

  10. Bug Hill Farm’s Contributions

  11. Thank You Dorothy Suput The Carrot Project dsuput@thecarrotproject.org www.thecarrotproject.org

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