Aug 2, 2011
Agricultural producers can increase revenue by adding value to basic agricultural products. This can be achieved in many ways including: branding, processing, product differentiation, and labeling and certification.
USDA’s Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program “includes projects that market inherently value-added production, such as organic crops, grass-fed livestock and locally produced and marketed food products.
Award sizes vary. To find out more, please visit this page of the USDA website. Additional information can be found from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
An example of a value-added agricultural product is this dried slice of pitahaya (aka dragon fruit). Photo by B. Dawson.
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