More Farms Vie for the $1 Billion Spent at Farmers Markets

You're receiving this newsletter because you've requested it from us. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser or View mobile version.. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. Share:             Small Business May 16, 2012 This Week's Top Story Agriculture More Farms Vie for the $1 Billion Spent at Farmers Markets As more Americans buy locally grown food, family farms are increasingly bypassing middlemen and selling direct More Top Stories Integrated Marketing: If You Knew It, You'd Do It The glut of places to advertise makes it easy to confuse customers with contradictory messages. Execute a strategy that integrates all your efforts Hospitals Seek Startups to Cure Tech Ills A new accelerator for health IT companies is working with health-care providers to find crucial new technologies On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data The startup has overcome tragedy to create a different kind of social network-one where you continue to own whatever you post How 'Diversity Fatigue' Undermines Business Growth Companies with diverse leadership teams do better financially. Failing to hire individuals with different backgrounds and perspectives limits your prospects When Should Domain Names Match Company Names? For businesses selling to other businesses, it doesn't much matter. Even most ventures targeting consumers shouldn't sweat it in their early days This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Dustine Peterson Bloomberg Businessweek Customer Rights 2005 Lakewood Drive, Boone, IA 50036 dpeterson@cds-global.com To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. This week in Small Business Since 2004, the number of farmers markets across the country has nearly doubled to more than 7,000. The boom is prompting more family farms to sell direct to local shoppers and restaurants, bypassing wholesale distributors. We take a look at how the business model is playing out at a handful of small operations. One hint: it’s hard work. Also on tap: Get advice on hammering out a strategy that integrates all of your marketing efforts. Learn about a new effort in New York to get startups to improve health care. Finally, meet the team behind Diaspora, the social network that gives its users ownership of their data and is competing with Facebook. -Nick Leiber Advertisement Small Business Resources Blog: The New Entrepreneur Smart Answers for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business Small Business Financing Managing a Small Business Small Business Sales & Marketing Small Business Policy Special Reports on Small Business Advertisement Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change your E-Mail Marketing Department Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright 2009-2012 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED