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Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Izzo, Dina (author), Corshen, Bob (author), Alcorta, Marisa (author), Dufour, Rex (author), and Hinman, Tammy (author)
Format:: Online Article
Publication Date:: 2013
Published:: United States: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12666
Journal Title:: ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 2pgs, A produce broker is a salesperson who has access to any seller in the food chain, including packing houses, processors, agribusinesses, and mid- to large-scale farms. Typically they work with large-scale farms. A broker will help arrange the logistics of getting your product from your farm to their buyer, often taking commissions based on a percentage of the sale. Their success depends on their reputation and they spend years building relationships.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Izzo, Dina (author), Corshen, Bob (author), Alcorta, Marisa (author), Dufour, Rex (author), and Hinman, Tammy (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2012
Published:: United States: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12667
Journal Title:: ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 2pgs, Produce distributors are businesses that aggregate product and resell it in small or large quantities to their customers. Distributors may be an individual with a van or a company with a fleet of eighteen-wheelers. A distributor’s primary relationship is purchasing directly from farmers, although distributors can also buy from brokers or packing houses.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Izzo, Dina (author), Corshen, Bob (author), Alcorta, Marisa (author), Dufour, Rex (author), and Hinman, Tammy (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2012
Published:: United States: National Center for Appropriate Technologies
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12669
Journal Title:: ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 2pgs, Wholesale buyers are typically located in permanent stalls at a terminal market. Terminal markets are central sites, often in a metropolitan area, that serve as an assembly and trading place for agricultural commodities. Wholesale buyers will purchase products from farmers, brokers, or packing houses in large quantities, and resell it.

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