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The Inside Scoop on Selling Online Today

1 hour 33 mins of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #66, Tera sits down with Matthew Starr, founder of Rally Energy, a caffeinated mint and cough lozenge brand based in Madison,...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

How Much Money Should You Really Raise?

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Given the global pandemic, now might not seem like the best time to court investment. Well, it’s true the current economic climate isn’t ideal...

Article about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

CFO Savvy for Growing Food Brands

1 hour 16 minutes of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #65, Tera interviews Heidi Huntington, vice president of finance at AVL Growth Partners in Boulder, Colorado, which lends finance and operations...

Podcast about Financial Management for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Growing and Scaling | Startups

Can Going Direct-to-Consumer Save Your Business?

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a whopping 54% of America’s food purchases came from foodservice. Not anymore. With dine-in restaurants, food courts and cafeterias now...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Regenerating a Family Farm for the Future

1 hour 24 mins of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #64, Tera catches up with Bryce and Jen Riemer of Riemer Family Farm in Brodhead, Wisconsin, which Bryce’s grandfather started in...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

It’s Go Time! Act Fast to Save or Shutter Your Business

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

In this crazy new world we’re living in, small businesses nationwide are torn on how to proceed, especially those suffering significant sales losses due...

Article about Legal for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups

Help Is Here: Survival Strategies for Food and Farm Businesses

20 minute read Free by Edible-Alpha®

This on-demand course features FFI Director, Tera Johnson, walking you through how to use FFI’s 13-week cash flow template. We encourage you to follow along...

Article about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

Helping You Through the Economic Downturn

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Join FFI hosted huddles and listen to our newest podcast with Kitchen Table Consultants—special content to help you through this pandemic.

How Food and Farm Businesses Can Survive This Pandemic

1 hours of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

Ted LeBow of Kitchen Table Consultants joins Tera to offer guidance for food and farm entrepreneurs affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the importance of staying calm, knowing your cashflow, prioritizing certain expenses to free up cash and communicating honestly with vendors, suppliers and banks.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

Scared to Talk Money? Don’t Be—You Got This

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Many food and farm entrepreneurs know their way around a kitchen or carrot crop, but when it comes to the financial stuff, they feel...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

The Secret to Breaking Into Retail

Food entrepreneurs believe passionately in their products (why else would they invest all the blood, sweat and tears?) and feel strongly that consumers...

The Importance of Getting New Food Products ‘Retail Ready’

1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #60, Tera catches up with consultant Alli Ball, creator of the Retail Ready online course and the Food Biz Wiz podcast....

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling

Got a Unique Product? Factor Education into Budget and Bandwidth

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

Some of the most innovative food products are a tough sell for consumers. It’s not that these items aren’t amazing. In fact, they may...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Innovation and Differentiation Drive Success for Century Sun Oil

1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #59, Tera talks with Dale and Pam Johnson, owners of Century Sun Oil in Pulaski, Wisconsin. They produce high-oleic organic sunflower...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

How an Online Strategy Can Supercharge Small Brands

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

Historically, getting products into brick-and-mortar grocery stores was the best way to for food entrepreneurs and farmers to reach consumers. This is still a...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups

How Rural Food Businesses Can Thrive—and Revive Communities

1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

Starting with five small cheese factories in 1991, Paul has grown his company into a major producer of ethnic cheeses. Now operating one modern facility in a 700-person town, Specialty Cheese employs 250 people from a wide radius, thanks to its innovative rideshare and childcare programs. This podcast highlights the company’s positive impact on Dodge County and beyond and will inspire other food and ag entrepreneurs to capitalize on the countless business opportunities rural America holds.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Generating Income In A Small Diversified Vegetable Farm

1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #57, Tera speaks with Abby and David Bachhuber from Lovefood Farm, a small, profitable, diversified organic vegetable farm in the Madison,...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups

Adapting Farm Business Models for Sustained Profitability

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

We know it takes grit to be an entrepreneur, and in this day-and-age it takes a special kind of grit to be a farm...

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Embracing the Entrepreneurial Spirt – Creating a Diversified Agritourism Business

1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #56, Tera speaks with Mary Ann Bellazzini from Campo Di Bella winery, farm and farm-to-table restaurant. Campo Di Bella is a...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups