Business development

Publication date: July 1, 2016

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a comprehensive, community-based program that enables communities to improve access to healthy foods by working with a small food retailer.Food retailers of all sizes can play an important role in improving access to ...

Publication date: July 1, 2016

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a comprehensive, community-based program that enables communities to improve access to healthy foods by working with a small food retailer. The most effective strategy for addressing food access is twofold. It involves ...

Publication date: June 1, 2016

Farmers market vendors will find tips for safely offering samples to patrons in this publication, as well as a summary of sampling regulations. Directions and estimated costs for sanitizing stations are included.TopicsFood ...

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2015

This publication answers frequently asked questions for selling safe canned foods such as pickles, jams, jellies or salsas. It includes information on the regulatory requirements for selling these foods, as well as the scientific reasoning behind ...

Publication date: April 11, 2015

Farmers markets are gaining popularity in Missouri and across the nation. In Missouri, 245 farmers markets were in operation in 2014, compared to 131 in 2007. In the United States, the total number of farmers markets increased by 76 percent between ...

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2012

This publication features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a new "how-to" guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures. A Kentucky family nets between 90 cents and $1.50 per pound from ...