Gypsy Farm Bus Cooperative - Farmer SurveyGypsy Farm Bus Cooperative

1. Tell us about you...

Tell us about you... Name
Name of farm or artisan operation
Address
City, State ZIP
Phone
email
Would you be interested in selling produce or handcrafted items on the Gypsy Farm Bus?
Would you like to be part of developing a cooperative business structure for the bus?
May we add you to our distribution list for updates about the Gypsy Farm Bus and opportunities to get involved?

2. What is the size/nature of your farm/growing operation? Check all that apply.

What is the size/nature of your farm/growing operation? Check all that apply. Hobby gardener

Intensive backyard gardener

Multiplot urban farmer

Small family farmer

Small family farmer (less than 40 acres)

Regional family farmer/rancher (more than 40 acres)

Greenhouse grower

Aquaponics grower

Other (please specify)

3. How much do you produce and how often?

How much do you produce and how often?

4. Cooperative business structures are a democratic form of business operation designed to minimize overhead burdens and return benefits to members. Would you be interested in joining a cooperative comprised of both producer and consumer members?

Cooperative business structures are a democratic form of business operation designed to minimize overhead burdens and return benefits to members. Would you be interested in joining a cooperative comprised of both producer and consumer members? Yes

Yes, and I want to help develop the cooperative business structure

Maybe, but I need more information about how cooperatives operate

5. Cooperatives help producer and consumer members save money and support community development. What sorts of cooperative services would interest you?

Cooperatives help producer and consumer members save money and support community development. What sorts of cooperative services would interest you? Aggregating and selling produce with other farmers on the Gypsy Farm Bus

Collectively branding and marketing my farming and/or artisan operation

Coordinating planting schedules to ensure a consistent supply of high demand, locally grown produce in the marketplace

Collectively purchasing supplies in bulk to reduce my individual costs

Sharing resources like tools, knowledge and equipment (rototiller, innovative planting methods or a farm truck, for example)

Seed saving

Storage of bulk items

Group insurance

I don't know enough about how these services work and I would like to learn more

Other (please specify)

6. Which of the following cooperative investment models would be most attractive to you?

Which of the following cooperative investment models would be most attractive to you? Flat fee

Percent per transaction

Monthly fee

Annual member dues

Combination of the above

I don't know enough about these models and I would like to learn more

You left out an option and I want to tell you about it

7. Do you use sustainable, organic production methods free of inorganic fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, GMOs, etc.?

Do you use sustainable, organic production methods free of inorganic fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, GMOs, etc.? Yes

Not sure, but willing to learn more

8. What products do you grow or make that you would like to sell on the Gypsy Farm Bus (check all that apply)

What products do you grow or make that you would like to sell on the Gypsy Farm Bus (check all that apply) Produce

Dairy

Eggs

Meat

Honey and other bee products (handmade hives, beeswax products, hive tools, etc.)

Baked goods or preserved goods prepared in a home kitchen (allowed by the recently passed Cottage Foods Act, aka Local Foods Local Jobs Act)

Baked or preserved goods prepared in a commissary kitchen (a kitchen regulated by the health department to prepare food for commercial sale)

Textiles

Pottery

Artwork

Woodworking

Other (please specify)

9. Would you be willing to donate a portion of your harvest sold or purchased on the Gypsy Farm Bus to local food banks via the Produce for Pantries initiative?

Would you be willing to donate a portion of your harvest sold or purchased on the Gypsy Farm Bus to local food banks via the Produce for Pantries initiative? Yes, I love Produce for Pantries and want to contribute.

I think so, but I don't know about Produce for Pantries and want to learn more.

10. The Gypsy Farm Bus is a very exciting new community resource and I would like to become a financial contributor...

The Gypsy Farm Bus is a very exciting new community resource and I would like to become a financial contributor... I would like to make an individual, tax deductible donation to the Gypsy Farm Bus (please send information about how to make a donation).

My organization would be interested in making a cash contribution as a sponsor of the Gypsy Farm Bus (please send information about sponsorship levels, benefits and opportunities to promote our organization).

My organization would be interested in making an in-kind contribution as a sponsor of the Gypsy Farm Bus (please send information about need resources, sponsorship levels, benefits and opportunities to promote our organization).

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