Growing Your Farm Profits
Marketing Planning

Marketing Planning Resources

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Agricultural Information Contact Centre
Tel. 1-877-424-1300
Northern Ontario Regional Office toll free 1-800-461-6132
www.ontario.ca/agbusiness

OMAFRA Food Industry and Business Management Staff
Tel. 1-519-826-4474 or 1-519-826-3166
www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/export/index.html

Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Tel. 1-888-232-3262
www.farmcentre.com

Guelph Food Technology Centre
Tel. 1-519-821-1246
www.gftc.ca

Small Business Enterprise Centres
www.sbe.gov.on.ca/ontcan/sbe/en/st_sbec_loc_en.jsp

Commodity Marketing

Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council
Tel. 1-519-821-3564 

George Morris Centre
Tel. 1-519-822-3929
www.georgemorris.org

Farms.Com
Tel. 1-877-438-5729
www.farms.com

Farm Credit Corporation
Tel. 1-888-332-3301
www.fcc-fac.ca/en/index.asp

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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
Tel. 1-204-925-5000
www.wce.ca

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Information
(marketing boards in Ontario)
www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/farmproducts/factsheets/ag_market.htm

University of Guelph
(links to agricultural commodity information)
www.lib.uoguelph.ca/

Ridgetown College
(University of Guelph Agrilink and Farm Market News including commodity markets)
www.ridgetownc.on.ca/agrilink

Direct Farm Marketing

Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association (OFFMA)
Tel. 1-905-841-9278
www.ontariofarmfresh.com

Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Tel. 1-888-232-3262
wwww.farmcentre.com

• Marketing on the Edge - Processing and Marketing Your Own Products
• Building Added Value Through Farm Diversification
• Cultivating Agri-Tourism - Tools and Techniques for Building Success

Farmers' Markets Ontario (FMO)
Tel. 1-800-387-3276
www.farmersmarketsontario.com

North American Farm Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA)
Tel. 1-888-884-9270
www.nafdma.com

Alberta Agriculture
(Agri-Tourism)
www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/agritour.nsf

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
www.ontario.ca/agbusiness

Factsheets

• Managing Risk on Farms Open to the Public - Order No. 06-097
• Customers First! - Leading Edge Principles - Order No. 99-013

Other Resources

Sell what you Sow! The Grower's Guide to Successful Produce Marketing,
Eric Gibson, New World Publishing, 1994

Organizing Your Roadside Market, Bob Cobbledick - Consultant to the Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association

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