Marketing is an important step in moving products from farm to table. Farmers should consider marketing their goods in more than one way and in more than one location. Direct marketing options include roadside stands that may or may not be located on a farm, pick your own operations, online platforms, community supported agriculture and farmers markets. Parents should be on a well-travel road near a population center. They should have good visibility from the highway, be away from sharp curves, hill crest and high speed highways, have easy turn-offs and return flow of traffic. Provide plenty of parking space, offer access to power and clean restroom facilities. A farm may not be the best location for sales, a stand in another location may be a better option. Parents need a variety of produce, but it can be difficult for one person to grow everything. Growers sometimes purchase additional products from other farmers. Pick your own operations are popular for crops such as blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and muskidines. Other crops can also be marketed this way. The location of a pick your own farm is not as critical as the location of a roadside stand. When customers do in the harvesting requires less labor, handling, shipping and storage. At pick your own farms, think about parking, restroom facilities and additional insurance needed because of a higher risk of accidents. Online options are available for market and produce. Many farms have websites, electronic newsletters, text alerts, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages. Many farmers post pictures of their harvested crop and buyers contact them instantly. Community supported agriculture is a marketing option where customers pay money before the crops are planted and then receive produce during the season. Farmers refer to this as purchasing a share, and a customer could purchase half shares or multiple shares depending on their amount of produce needed. These shares are picked up at the farm or another convenient location once a week. A farmers market has servoord vanages. The location is usually in a high traffic area. It provides small farms with a sales outlet. It is a great way to advertise farm products that wrap in at other times of the year. The disadvantages of a farmers market include time and travel away from the farm and consumers who purchase in small quantities. Before participating out of farmers market, contact the market manager. Rest information on rules for a particular market. Times, location, days open, fee and allums allowed to be sold.