Pricing
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Strategies to get fair compensation for workers and owners
As part of my technical assistance role at the Agricultural Justice Project, I frequently coach farmers on how to achieve living wages and fair working conditions, both for their employees and for themselves. Implementing fair working conditions seems easier than fair wages, not least because many policy changes don’t come with direct costs, and employees themselves can help with the managerial burden of planning and training. Many fair practices also hold out the promise of improving the bottom line over the medium to long term, as I describe below.
Annotated Budgeting Resource List for Farmers
From Finances & the Future of Growing Food: An Annotated Budgeting Resource List for Farmers.
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The Importance of Budgeting & Recordkeeping #
In our contemporary era, there are many elements working against the small farmer. It is a commonly held misconception that one cannot make money by farming organically on a smaller scale, and this simply is not true. With a bit of know-how, it becomes easy to increase the profitability of one’s agricultural business. Budgeting is undoubtedly one of the keys to financial success. Without this means of keeping track of and allocating funds and resources in an efficient manner, it becomes nearly impossible to ensure that all production costs are covered, let alone that a suitable living is earned. Surely, if a farmer is not able to earn a living herself, how is she able to properly pay her workers?
...Calculating production costs & fair pricing
Video workshop from NOFA-NY 2022 Winter Conference on calculating your costs of production and determining fair prices for your products.
CSA Charter
A pact between a farm and a community. A resource and an invitation for customers to connect more deeply with a farm and support it to provide good food and fair livelihoods.
Profitability & Cost of Production
Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit explains how to know your costs and price your product accordingly.
Sample Farmer/Buyer Agreement
A sample agreement between a farmer and a buyer that satisfies AJP standards.
What farmers want from wholesale buyers
On the challenges that small-scale producers face selling to institutional and wholesale buyers and the specific forms of support and accommodation that they feel they need from these buyers.
Sowing the Seeds of Food Justice
A Guide for Farmers Who Want to Supply Low-Income Communities While Maintaining Financial Sustainability
What Farmers Are Doing to Raise Wages
Strategies and tactics for improving farms’ bottom line, paying workers and farmers better, and retaining a committed team.