Marketing & Distribution

Marketing involves deciding what to sell, setting prices, choosing where to sell them, and promoting your business. Distribution is about putting products in front of your customers. Together, marketing and distribution play key roles in the food system.

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Creating a shorter, transparent, and sustainable food chain by educating communities on eating locally and promoting healthy, in-season eating, while also cultivating a future for Nebraska’s family farms by expanding the market for locally-produced foods.

The Farm to School program embraces a three-part system—classroom, cafeteria, and community—from educating children to serving local food on their lunch trays.

Healthy Food Access is the means to consistently finding, affording, choosing, and using nutritious and safe food for increased nutrition security.

The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (NCDC) is Nebraska’s center for cooperative-based business development, offering education, training, and technical assistance.