People, Places and Partnerships:
Keys to Success

National Extension Tourism Conference 2004
(NET 2004)

Sept. 27-30, 2004
Kissimmee, Florida

 

 

Fresh From The Farm .com - A Rural Tourism Marketing Cooperative

Speaker:    

Wayne Knox
Creator
www.freshfromthefarm.com



Description:
www.freshfromthefarm.com is a not for profit direct farm marketing cooperative designed to be a self sustaining business model that will educate urbanites about direct farm marketing enterprise activity in the rural countryside surrounding them. The website searches by every state and province, by community, by product, fun things to do, farms, events or farmers markets. On the back of the site, where only the members of the site can enter with a password and user name, is a business to business website where the farms, farmers' markets and country events interact with their supplier group, commodity associations and the government agencies that support them; as well as update the information about themselves in the easy to use self managed profile pages, that each member keeps up to date, about their farm operation or event. The site is online now - so give it a try! The site is designed to drive more customers to the farm gate; stimulating more retail business for the farmer and enhancing Rural Economic Development in the communities or regions where www.freshfromthefarm.com is introduced and rolled out. Grand Erie Business Centre, the creator of www.freshfromthefarm.com, needs not for profit partners to help implement the website introduction and launch it in each partner's respective area, community, region or state. Come for the freshness and stay for the fun!!! Visit www.freshfromthefarm.com! The presentation will consist of a 10 minute video presentation that will be followed by a 10 minute power point supported talk followed by 10 minutes of questions. Full color brochures will also be available for distribution.