Trade shows can offer good exposure for specialty items. Some area producers were reporting promising results midway through the Tavern Keepers League convention in Stevens Point in early October. The first is getting the food buyers interested in the idea of buying locally. Yet federally inspected processing plants for small-scale producers are few and far between. Added attractions such as hayrides have helped, and the Sikorskis hope to add more attractions.
Farmers tend to think that raising the product is going to be their big problem.
The marketing takes a heck of a lot more time than you'd think it would.