Resource Lean Start-Up Lean Start-up is an alternative/complement to traditional business design and planning. It involves identifying assumptions about the product/service you are developing. Then testing these assumptions (prioritising the riskiest assumptions)...
Resource Food Safety Guides Farmer’s Markets Food Safety Guide This guide is produced by the Australian Farmer’s Market Association for its members but is a good general guide to food safety for small enterprises. Click here to access this guide So, you want to start...
Resource Making Local Food Work: Influencing consumer buying behaviour This report, commissioned by Making Local Food Work, discusses how to close the gap between how much people say they want to buy local food and how little they actually buy. It suggests closing...
Resource Financial Literacy for Community Groups Aimed at not-for-profits, but useful for everyone, this guide makes sure that everyone has ready access to the information needed to operate effectively in a complex and changing financial environment Click here to...
Resource Choosing a Legal Structure for your Farm or Food Enterprise These resources are presented for social enterprises but provide a general guide to the pros and cons of the full range of for-profit to non-profit legal structures. This handy ready reckoner...