Value added products are raw products grown by the farmers and modified, changed or enhanced in order to turn it into another product with a higher net worth.
Any product can be seen as value added if it is originally grown by the farmer and increased in value by labour and creativity.
Value added products are now being developed by small to medium scale farmers who do their own processing and sell direct to customers through farmers markets, individual and direct wholesale orders. Growers also typically sell wholesale to specialty outlets, such as highend grocery stores or to exclusive catalogue businesses. The common factor is that the farmers can develop and process the end products themselves and do not work throuh a distributor or middle person to distribute it.
The three major reasons for expanding farming business to include value added products are : to use excess produce , to supplement regular farming income , and to provide an outlet for creativity.
CREATING VALUE ELIMINATES WASTE AND EXCESS PRODUCE
Most of the farmers hate waste. It is wrong to see perfectly good fruits rot on the ground or be added to the composit bin. For example, fruits are not not quite up to market standards for selling fresh when kept for long after harvest, but would be perfectly good for canning or making jams. Those farmers who sell organic products should know that their products must be in near-perfect conditions. Value added products provide an excellent use for extra less-than-premium-quality produce.
CREATION OF VALUE ADD PROFIT AND STABILIZE FARM INCOME
Close on the heels of the desire to use all produse is the potential profit that value added products offer farmers. Off-season periods present a lot of problems to farmers, mainly small farmers who rely on direct marketing. By putting their excess produce to good use , they can supplement their regular farm income in the slow season. It also allows them to recover some of the loss incurred from fruit that does not recieve high cash due to small damage. Sometimes, low prices are due to reduced quality, but to market fluctuations.
Any product can be seen as value added if it is originally grown by the farmer and increased in value by labour and creativity.
Value added products are now being developed by small to medium scale farmers who do their own processing and sell direct to customers through farmers markets, individual and direct wholesale orders. Growers also typically sell wholesale to specialty outlets, such as highend grocery stores or to exclusive catalogue businesses. The common factor is that the farmers can develop and process the end products themselves and do not work throuh a distributor or middle person to distribute it.
The three major reasons for expanding farming business to include value added products are : to use excess produce , to supplement regular farming income , and to provide an outlet for creativity.
CREATING VALUE ELIMINATES WASTE AND EXCESS PRODUCE
Most of the farmers hate waste. It is wrong to see perfectly good fruits rot on the ground or be added to the composit bin. For example, fruits are not not quite up to market standards for selling fresh when kept for long after harvest, but would be perfectly good for canning or making jams. Those farmers who sell organic products should know that their products must be in near-perfect conditions. Value added products provide an excellent use for extra less-than-premium-quality produce.
CREATION OF VALUE ADD PROFIT AND STABILIZE FARM INCOME
Close on the heels of the desire to use all produse is the potential profit that value added products offer farmers. Off-season periods present a lot of problems to farmers, mainly small farmers who rely on direct marketing. By putting their excess produce to good use , they can supplement their regular farm income in the slow season. It also allows them to recover some of the loss incurred from fruit that does not recieve high cash due to small damage. Sometimes, low prices are due to reduced quality, but to market fluctuations.
