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Product photos are a way to help your customers visualize the products they are ordering for their restaurant or foodservice operation. Compelling photographs not only help your market look more professional, but they will help you sell more of your product. Don’t risk losing a sale because a sub-par picture [...]
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has introduced a new microloan program that provides emerging farmers with the low-interest start-up capital they need to operate and grow their businesses. “The new microloan program is aimed at bolstering the progress of producers through their start-up years by providing needed resources [...]
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This is a reposted excerpt originally published on the Design for Social Innovation blog and written by Josh Treuhaft. He does a nice job summarizing Erika’s recent talk at the School of Visual Arts, as part of Design for Social Innovation’s lecture series: All the Ways to Live a Good [...]
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In a report setting the agricultural agenda for President Obama’s second term, the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) calls for the federal perspective on agriculture to be “reimagined” as an “innovation ecosystem”, emphasizing a new vision for science and technology in agriculture and agricultural research in [...]
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Sending a weekly Fresh Sheet may be the most powerful marketing tool you have to increase sales through your Local Orbit powered marketplace. In a single email, your buyers can see a list of products and their inventories available for purchase online –– making it easy for buyers to visit [...]
Product photos are a way to help your customers visualize the products they are ordering for their restaurant or foodservice operation. Compelling photographs not only help your market look more professional, but they will help you sell more of your product. Don’t risk losing a sale because a sub-par picture [...]
Local Orbit Regional Market Makers Workshop | Ypsilanti, MI Thursday, April 25 at 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Local Orbit is now working with five terrific markets in Michigan, and as the 2013 growing season gets underway, we’re excited to offer our first regional workshop for Michigan Market Makers using [...]
Local Orbit’s email newsletter tool is one of the most popular features our customers use to share their latest market news and information with buyers and sellers. Our customers tend to send newsletters once a month. If you send newsletters less frequently, you run the risk of being forgotten. On [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has introduced a new microloan program that provides emerging farmers with the low-interest start-up capital they need to operate and grow their businesses. “The new microloan program is aimed at bolstering the progress of producers through their start-up years by providing needed resources [...]
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