DIRECTORIES

 

• Colorado Co Pack Directory, Agricultural and food processors willing to contract manufacture. Also lists kitchens to rent.
• Colorado Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch List
• Colorado Farm Fresh Directory- Consumer guide to farmers' markets, farms, ranches, u-picks, agritourism activities and roadside stands.
• Colorado Farmers' Markets
• Colorado Food & Agriculture Gift Guide

 

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

 

Guide to Marketing Services Brochure

 

www.cofarmtomarket.com - This site was developed to familiarize Colorado food producers and food product manufacturers with federal, state and local food licensing regulations and to help ensure that the path food travels from farm to fork is safe.

 

Marketing Your Food Product Workshop Presentations (from April 21, 2011)

 

Getting Started

 

 

Business Plans and Marketing Plans

 

 

Food Safety and Labeling

 

 

Financing and Grants

 

 

Marketing Tools

 

Farms/Farmers' Markets

 

 

Additional Resources

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

International Trade Reports and Market Development Assistance

 

• Analysis of US-Mexico Agricultural Trade Since NAFTA

• Canadian Nutrition Facts Labels

• Certificate of Free Sale Guidelines
• Colorado Ag Exports
• Colorado's 2007 International Agricultural Outlook Report
• Colorado's Agricultural Export Trends

• Colorado Economic Outlook Forum-International Trade

• Colorado's Expanding Organic Industry

• Export Trade Barrier Report

• The China Report

• SBA Six Steps to Begin Exporting
• Search all USDA Export Events
• Search WUSATA Events
• Survey of Colorado Companies on Exporting

 

English Language Brochures

 

 

Spanish Language Brochures (En Español)

 

• Livestock Brochure-Spanish

• Produce Brochure-Spanish

• El Ganado de Colorado

• The Ranchers Pocket Size English & Spanish Dictionary ($5.95)

 

Japanese Language Brochures

 

• Organic Brochure-Japanese

• Produce Brochure-Japanese

 

Import Assistance

 

• Resources on Importing Agricultural Products

   

 

INDUSTRY CONTACTS

 

Colorado Livestock Contacts

 

 

• Alternative Livestock Contacts
• Beef & Cattle Contacts
• Dairy Contacts
• Horse Contacts
• Poultry Contacts
• Sheep Contacts
• Swine Contacts 

 

Colorado Organic Industry Contacts

 

Colorado Produce Contacts

 

• Fruit
• Vegetable

 

INDUSTRY STATISTICS AND SECTOR REPORTS

 

• 2007 Census of Agriculture

• Colorado Agriculture A to Z

• Colorado Agriculture Map for Kids

• Colorado Agriculture Profile
• Colorado Agricultural Statistics Bulletin
• Colorado Agriculture Statistics Map
• Colorado Beef Exports
• Colorado Fruit Tree Survey - 2002
   
• Colorado Grape Growers Guide - overview of grape growing and vineyard operations with extensive references 
• Colorado County Agricultural Statistics
• Colorado's Produce Industry
• The Legacy of Cattle in Colorado Video
• National Agricultural Statistics Service-Colorado Field Office
• Public Attitudes About Agriculture in Colorado-Full Report

• Public Attitudes About Agriculture in Colorado-Executive Summary

• Colorado Department of Agriculture Programs
  • Producer and Consumer Protection 
  • Protecting Animal and Plant Industries 
  • Developing Market Opportunities and Trade  
  • Ensuring Safe and Secure Food Supply 
  • Natural Resource Management  

 

RENEWABLE ENERGY

• A Guide to Wind Energy
• Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy (ACRE) Program
• ATTRA Farm Energy Resources
• Farm Scale Wind Power Resource Guide

Colorado Department of Agriculture · 700 Kipling Street · Suite 4000 · Lakewood, CO 80215-8000 ·(303) 239-4100