Hazelhurst CSA Business Plan

Hazelhurst CSA > Business Plan

This is somewhere to gather notes about the production of a business plan for the project.

Resources
Gareth, from CMS, has pointed out the following resources:


 * 1) The Soil Association's [[Media:Hort planning tool.xls‎|an Excel spreadsheet for crop calculations]], see also [[Media:Horticultural Cropping Tool Instructions.doc‎|the documentation for using it]].
 * 2) A power point presentation which was made by Kirstin at a Making Local Food Work event late in 2009. There is no point in reinventing the wheel and I think this gives a good account of the various models.
 * 3) A very detailed business plan document. Do not print it out as you will consume vast amounts of paper and ink. However, there is a useful framework (pages 74-6) and some of the questions raised might help you.

And he has suggested we need to consider:


 * Market research/consultation with members/potential members/customers
 * Growing rotas
 * Selling to members/other
 * Staffing
 * Site development and capital investment
 * Forecasting/budgeting/etc