Category Archives: 93 Marketing / Business

Why We Are Leaving Bellingham Farmers Market on June 30

Posted on April 28, 2014 by brookfieldfarmhoney

The story behind the groundless demands by the Bellingham Farmers Market Board for Brookfield Farm to remove over 50% of our established products, which have been selling at the market for over a year. This makes the market economically unviable for us, and we are leaving it on June 30. Continue reading →

Posted in 93 Marketing / Business | Tagged antibiotic-free, Bellingham Farmers Market, Brookfield Farm, hives, honey, leaving, Maple Falls, natural, raw, Washington, why | 3 Comments

Dressing for Winter Markets

Posted on February 19, 2014 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Layers & natural fibers : the way I keep warm at long winter markets. Continue reading →

Posted in 93 Marketing / Business | Tagged Brookfield Farm, clothes, Karen Bean, layers, Maple Falls, Markets, Washington, Winter, wool | 2 Comments

Year End Inventory – A “Joy” of Beekeeping

Posted on December 27, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Year-end inventory and bookkeeping – a necessary but dull endeavor Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 93 Marketing / Business | Tagged bookkeeping, Brookfield Farm, end, inventory, Maple Falls, Washington, year | 2 Comments

Why I Keep Bees and Sell Honey (there are easier ways to make a living)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Why Beekeeper Bean keeps bees and sells honey. Why I do what I do is the foundation of our marketing, sales, beekeeping, and happy lives. Continue reading →

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Raw Honey infused Organic Vinegar: Suddenly We’re Fashionable

Posted on February 4, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

The shock of finding that our Raw Honey infused Organic Vinegars are on the cutting edge of mixology. We are seldom hip. What our vinegars are like, how they came to be, what one can do with them: drinking vinegars and so much more, and a brief history of drinking vinegars. Continue reading →

Posted in 93 Marketing / Business | Tagged 8 Brookfield Farm & Bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Drinking, drinking vinegar, honey, infused, infusions, makreting, Maple Falls, organic, organic vinegar, raw, raw honey, vinegar, Washington | 3 Comments

Of Barcodes And Bees : How To Get Barcodes

Posted on March 12, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

The many ways to get barcodes onto your products: leasing, buying, software, services. Everything I learned when I said those fraught words to myself “I need to get a barcode” Continue reading →

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Of Budgets, Business Plans, and Bees

Posted on March 3, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

A very brief overview of the “joys” of and reasons for creating a business plan and doing budgets at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, Maple Falls, Washington Continue reading →

Posted in 93 Marketing / Business | Tagged 5-year, 8 Brookfield Farm & Bees, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, budgeting, budgets, Connections, Five Year Plan, honeybees, Maple Falls, plan, Sustainable, Sustainable Commections, Washington | 4 Comments

Selling At Farmers’ Markets – A Few Necessities

Posted on January 15, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

A few necessities that we at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, WA, have found to be vital to successful selling at Farmers’ Markets. From foot-traffic to internet links. Continue reading →