This page provides a wealth of information, in the form of both PDF documents and unique MarketMaker White Papers.

PDF, WORD & WEB DOCUMENTS

These fact sheets are an online resource intended to improve the user's understanding of food marketing and provide better access to regional food markets. In order to view many of the fact sheets, Adobe Reader must be installed (see the link below).

Business Entities For the Illinois Agripreneur address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/businessentities.pdf

Chicago Ethnic Markets: Goat address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/ethnicgoat.pdf

Direct Marketing Lamb address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/lambfactsheetsm.pdf

Making a Better Meat Product address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/meatproduct.pdf

Meat Regulations in Illinois address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/meatregulations.pdf

Niche & Ethnic Markets for Goat Meat address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/goatfactsheet.pdf

Preparing the Business Plan address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/PreparingtheBusinessPlan.pdf

Relationship Management address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/relationshipmgmt.pdf

Sourcing High Quality Beef: Retailers Guide address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/beeffactsheetsm.pdf

Sourcing High Quality Pork: Retailers Guide address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/porkfactsheet.pdf

Steps to Marketing Your Product address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/marketyourproduct.pdf

The Economic Impact of Illinois' Livestock Industry address: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/content/il/upload_files/LivestockIndustrysm.pdf

WHITEPAPERS AND EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS

These locally hosted White Papers are authored by the MarketMaker support team to provide even more in depth information about marketing and regional food markets.