Bringing the store to the customer. Increasing the farm's direct marketing capability and increasing retail income from meats, eggs, and produce with a mobile store

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Commodities

• Agronomic: corn, oats, potatoes, wheat
• Fruits: apples, melons
• Nuts: walnuts
• Vegetables: sweet potatoes, asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, cucurbits, eggplant, garlic, greens (leafy), leeks, onions, peas (culinary), peppers, radishes (culinary), rutabagas, sweet corn, tomatoes, turnips, brussel sprouts
• Animals: bees, bovine, poultry, swine

Practices

• Crop Production: food product quality/safety
• Education and Training: farmer to farmer
• Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, community-supported agriculture, marketing management, e-commerce, agricultural finance, market study, risk management, value added, whole farm planning
• Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, organic agriculture
• Sustainable Communities: local and regional food systems, partnerships, public participation, community services, employment opportunities, social capital, social networks, sustainability measures