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Educational Materials — Information Sheets

These information sheets were developed primarily for distribution as teaching tools. They cover a wide variety of topics and offer important information for those who are interested in pursuing a value-added enterprise in agriculture, aquaculture or forestry in Tennessee.

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CPAInfo#170 Billboards as Marketing Tools for Wineries by Megan Bruch and Tammy Algood, October 2009
CPAInfo#168 New Law Limiting Liabiltiy for Agritourism Operators by Megan Bruch, July 2009
CPAInfo#167 Allowable Units of Retail Sales for Fruits and Vegetables by Amy Ladd, May 2009
CPAInfo#166 Produce Scales Permit by Amy Ladd, May 2009
CPAInfo#165 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops II Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, April 2009
CPAInfo#161 Farm-Based Retail Meat Sales Guidelines from the TN Department of Agriculture by Megan Bruch, April 2009
CPAInfo#160 2009 Tennessee Agritourism Conference: Cultivating Farm Revenue Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, March 2009
CPAInfo#159 Presentation Guide by Amy Ladd, March 2009
CPAInfo#158 Lessons Learned from the Agritourism in Action Educational Bus Tour by Megan Bruch, February 2009
CPAInfo#157 2008 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops—Evaluation Summary by Megan Brush, January 2009
CPAInfo#156 2008 Agritourism in Action Educational Bus Tour Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, December 2008
CPAInfo#154 Farm Fresh Egg Sales Regulation by Rob Holland and Megan Bruch, Revised June 2008
CPAInfo#153 Tips for Direct Marketing Success: Tour Stop Report for Milan No-Till Field Day by Megan Bruch, June 2008
CPAInfo#152 Agritourism and the Tennessee Agritourism Initiative: An Overview for the Great Smoky Mountains Sustainable Tourism Summit by Megan Bruch, April 2008
CPAInfo#151 2008 Statewide Agritourism Conference Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, April 2008
CPAInfo#150 USDA General Label Requirements for Meat Products by Jennifer Dutton, March 2008
CPAInfo#149
Part 1
Labeling Beef...What Does All This Mean? —
NATURAL
by Jennifer Dutton, March 2008
CPAInfo#149
Part 2
Labeling Beef...What Does All This Mean? —
GRASSFED
by Jennifer Dutton, March 2008
CPAInfo#149
Part 3
Labeling Beef...What Does All This Mean? —
ORGANIC
by Jennifer Dutton, March 2008
CPAInfo#148 So You Think You Want to Start a Farmers Market? Questions for Discussion and Investigation by Megan Bruch, January 2008
CPAInfo#147 Farmer Fred's Value-added Beef, January 2008
CPAInfo#145 Q&A: Grass-fed Claim and Process Verification for Meat Products by Jennifer Dutton, November 2007
CPAInfo#144 Available Resources for Planning, Development and Operation of Local Farmers Market by Rob Holland, Anne Dalton, Megan Bruch, and Kim Martinez, May 2007
CPAInfo#142 2007 Regional Agritourism Workshops: Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, April 2007
CPAInfo#141 2007 Agritourism Conference: Cultivating Farm Revenue—Conference Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, March 2007
CPAInfo#139 Developing Pieces of the Marketing Puzzle Worksheets by Megan Bruch, March 2007
CPAInfo#138 Rules and Regulations for Establishing and Operating "Domestic Kitchen Facilities" in Tennessee, January 2007
CPAInfo#137

Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program, Tennessee Agricultural Growth Initiative,
Farmers Markets Capital Deployment, FY2006-2007, January 2007

CPAInfo#136 Program Review and Summary: 2006 TAEP Producer Diversification Cost Share Program by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007 — Part 2 in a 2-part series
CPAInfo#135 Program Review and Summary: 2006 TAEP Producer Diversification Cost Share Program by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007 — Part 1 in a 2-part series
CPAInfo#134 Obtaining a DUNS Number by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007
CPAInfo#133 Where to Go for Money: Grants, Loans, and Helpful Information by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007.
CPAInfo#132 Sources of Start-up Money by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007
CPAInfo#131 Obtaining Grant Funding by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007
CPAInfo#130 Understanding Grant Programs by Benjamin Sanders, January 2007
CPAInfo#128 Food Product Liability Insurance by Rob Holland, Revised January 2007 (Originally Prepared September 1998 as ADC Info#11)
CPAInfo#126 Available Resources for Value-Added Enterprises by Rob Holland and Anne Dalton, March 2006
CPAInfo#124 "Agritourism: Cultivating Farm Revenue" — Conference Evaluation Summary by Megan Bruch, December 2005
CPAInfo#123 Results of a Follow-up Survey to 2004 and 2005 Agritourism Web Site Development and Marketing Workshop Participants by Megan Bruch, December 2005
CPAInfo#122 Regulatory Considerations for Quail Processing Enterprises in Tennessee by Megan Bruch, October 2005
CPAInfo#121 Marketing for Success: Keep Your Eye on the Ball with Target Marketing by Megan Bruch, October 2005
CPAInfo#120 An Introduction to "Agritourism Clusters" by Megan Bruch, September 2005
CPAInfo#119 Marketing for Success: Developing a Customer State of Mind by Megan Bruch, September 2005
CPAInfo#118 Collaborative Arrangements for Meat Goat Producers by Rob Holland, September 2005
CPAInfo#117 Steps Involved with Filing Articles of Organization as a Tennessee Processing Cooperative by Rob Holland, September 2005
CPAInfo#115 Business Planning and Management for Meat Goat Enterprises, September 2005
CPAInfo#114 An Overview of Obtaining Financing for Meat Goat Operations, September 2005
CPAInfo#113 Preserving Agriculture by Adding Value by Megan Bruch, June 7, 2005 (PDF-1.2M)
CPAInfo#112 2005 TAAA&S Annual Meeting Professional Improvement Tour (PDF-1M)
CPAInfo#111 Advertising 101 (PDF-457K)
CPAInfo#108 Universal Product Codes (revised) (PDF-39K)
CPAInfo#107 Signals of Success: More Farmers Direct Market While Center Identifies Success Factors and Develops Educational Tools (PDF—225K)
CPAInfo#106 2004 Agritourism Web Site Development and Marketing: Evaluation Summary (PDF—1.1MB)
CPAInfo#104 "Cooperatives" in Agriculture: Focusing on the "Tennessee Processing Cooperative" Law (presentation in PDF format—198K)
CPAInfo#103 Considerations for a Value-Added Farm Business (presentation in PDF format—2.9 MB)
CPAInfo#102 How to Add Value to Your Existing Farm Products: Jams, Jellies & Salsa (presentation in PDF format—2MB)
CPAInfo#101 Adding Value to Tennessee Agriculture (presentation in HTML format)
CPAInfo#99 A Sampling of Thoughts and Opinions on Electronic Identification . . .
CPAInfo#98 A Follow-Up . . . to the Cooperative Study Tour
CPAInfo#97 Introduction & Overview for the Tennessee Processing Cooperative Law
CPAInfo#96 Thoughts for Farmers Considering Membership/Investment in a Processing Cooperative
CPAInfo#95 Tennessee Processing Cooperative Law: Overview, Comparison, and Applications
CPAInfo#93 Meat Marketing: Use of Animal Raising Claims & "Natural"
CPAInfo#92 Marketing for the Agri-Tourism Enterprise: Tour Report for the Milan No-Till Field Day
CPAInfo#91 Marketing Value-Added Specialty Products in TN
CPAInfo#89 Selling Sizzle Through Agri-Tourism
CPAInfo#88 Thoughts on Requesting Federal Tax Exemption as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(5) Non-Profit Organization
CPAInfo#84

A Preliminary Self-Assessment of Personal and Operation Attributes for Agritourism Enterprises

CPAInfo#82 Opportunities for Dairy Products Co-Packing
CPAInfo#81 Shipment of Perishable Products and Dry Ice Usage
CPAInfo#80 Marketing and the Food Miles Concept
CPAInfo#77 Considering Selling Value-Added Products at Shopping Malls: Not a Straightfoward Issue
CPAInfo#76
Requirements for Scales Used in Value-Added Retail Sales
CPAInfo#75
General and Specific Considerations for Marketing Horticulture Crops (PowerPoint presentation)
CPAInfo#74 A Workshop Approach: Break-Even Analysis
ADCInfo#3
Break-Even Analysis
ADCInfo#5 Tennessee Food Ingredient Suppliers
ADCInfo#8 Using a Business Plan to Improve Chances for Success
ADCInfo#9 Planning a Successful Direct Mail Campaign
ADCInfo#10 The World Wide Web as a Sales Tool
ADCInfo#12 Selling Price, Gross Margin and Mark-Up Determination
ADCInfo#13 Sales and Use Taxes
ADCInfo#14 Business Insurance Considerations
ADCInfo#16 Evaluating the Potential of Value-Added Agricultural Ideas: A Series of Worksheets to Assess Feasibility
ADCInfo#18 Design and Construction of a Food Processing Operation
ADCInfo#19 Legal Forms of Business
ADCInfo#20 Glass Jars
ADCInfo#21 Selling at Trade Shows
ADCInfo#22 Specialty Food Brokers
ADCInfo#24 Planning Against Business Failure
ADCInfo#25 Tennessee Small Business Stats
ADCInfo#26 Consumer Preferences and Low-Fat and No-Fat Food
ADCInfo#27 Customer and Prospect Communications and Marketing Costs
ADCInfo#29 Economic Concerns for Tilapia Enterprises
ADCInfo#30 Simple Do's and Don't's of Marketing
ADCInfo#31 Value-Added Opportunities
ADCInfo#32 Information About the Center for Profitable Agriculture
ADCInfo#33 Advertising, Promotion and Publicity
ADCInfo#34 The Specialty Food Buyer Profile
ADCInfo#35 Tips for Increasing Web Site Traffic
ADCInfo#37 Understanding, Planning & Managing Cash Flow
ADCInfo#38 Information on Obtaining Investors and Credit
ADCInfo#40 Getting a Food Product to Retail
ADCInfo#43 Marketing Mix/Tactics
ADCInfo#44 Planning a Successful Direct Mail Campaign
ADCInfo#47 Understanding and Developing a Promotion Budget
ADCInfo#48 Tennessee Agriculture: Leading in Diversity
ADCInfo#51 Tennessee Weights and Measures Regulations for Packaged Firewood
ADCInfo#52 Basic Production Procedures for a Small-Scale Beef Jerky Business
ADCInfo#53 Wine Making Exemption for Personal and Family Use
ADCInfo#55 Patents & Trademarks (revised)
ADCInfo#56 Adding Value with Corn-Stalk Bundles: Some Thumb-Rules
ADCInfo#57 Adding Value with Packaged Squirrel Corn: Some Thumb-Rules
ADCInfo#58 Adding Value With Wheat Straw Bales: Some Thumb-Rules
ADCInfo#60 Contacting the Tennessee Department of Revenue
ADCInfo#61 Tips for Developing a Marketing Plan: Heavenly Pies Example
ADC Info#62 Considering TDOT Road Signs
ADCInfo#63 Sales Tax Exemption Has Limits
ADCInfo#64 Instinct or Market Research? — Test Your Skills
ADCInfo#65 Stepping Up to Change: Identifying and Responding to Entrepreneurial Farm Enterprises
ADCInfo#67 Creation of an Internet Presence
ADCInfo#68 Value-Added Opportunities (revised)
ADCInfo#69 Considering a Food Business: Is it Feasible?
ADCInfo#71 Strengthening Value-Added Enterprises and Markets in Tennessee: Development and Dissemination of Feasibility and Marketing Studies
ADCInfo#72 Understanding the Affect of Federal Milk Marketing Orders on Potential Farm Milk Processing

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