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e.32: Best practices for farmers selling to restaurants and chefs part 2 of 2

e.32: Best practices for farmers selling to restaurants and chefs part 2 of 2

FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers


e.32: Best practices for farmers selling to restaurants and chefs part 2 of 2

FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Selling your farm goods to chefs can be lucrative, but there are idiosyncrasies to this type of marketing that a farmer should understand if she wants to keep and increase the business she gets from restaurants. This episode features part two of my conversation with two chef-owners of a high end catering business that has built its reputation for great cuisine on a devotion to sourcing and serving local farm goods.  
Cam Smith and Dana Ewart of Joy Road Catering in BC's Okanagan Valley really want to support your farm, but they but they also insist that you take the customer service you provide them seriously. Herein, they provide some no-nonsense advice for how to approach and maintain restaurant customers.
This episode: what chefs expect in terms of quality, how they like to be billed and when you should start to worry about unpaid accounts, and Cam and Dana's thoughts on the relationship between high-end cuisine and food security.
Learn more about Joy Road Catering here.
Released:
Jan 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For people passionate about farming, gardening, food politics, food security, and the intersections among these topics. Jordan Marr, a certified organic farmer in British Columbia, interviews farmers, gardeners, academics, and journalists about stuff farmers and food system nerds care about. If where and how your food is produced matters to you, this podcast is produced for you!