# Farm shop

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{{Short description|Retail outlet for a farm}}
thumb|Halberton Court farm shop
A '''farm shop''', or "'''farm stand'''" in the United States, is a type of [retail outlet](/source/retail_outlet) which usually sells produce directly from a [farm](/source/farm). Some farm shops also resell related goods such as locally produced groceries, foods, drinks and [delicatessen](/source/delicatessen) products.

In developed countries the number of farm shops is increasing as farms seek to diversify their sources of income in the face of financial pressures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Info/Agriculture/Farm-Management/Farm-Diversification.aspx|title = Farm Diversification}}</ref> Direct sales to the consumer allow farmers to retain a larger portion of the resulting profit than they can obtain by selling to a wholesaler or larger reseller. Many farm shops sell higher-margin premium goods such as organic produce of known local provenance in order to differentiate their offerings from those in supermarkets. Larger farm shops may target the leisure-shopping market,<ref>https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/1893/665/1/paddisonrural.pdf{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (PDF)</ref> offering tea-rooms, gift shops and rural lifestyle products.

In recent years, especially in strongly agrarian regions and countries such as the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), farm shops are commonly associated with [garden centre](/source/garden_centre)s and [nurseries](/source/plant_nursery). Often, these garden centres provide a significant amount of support for the farm shop by attracting customers, and vice versa.

==See also==
* [Agritourism](/source/Agritourism)
* [Farmers' market](/source/Farmers'_market)
* [Pick-your-own](/source/Pick-your-own)
* [Garden centre](/source/Garden_centre)s
{{Commons category|Farm shops}}

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Category:Food retailing

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