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Last Update: Tuesday February 7, 2012

Agriculture, the starting point and source of all our food

Sample Twenty Videos from Agriculture
	Learn Bank-Speak 4:31 \| Play Now \| Tim Hennessy, owner of Ekkwill Waterlife Resources, learned how to launch his business while barely keeping his family afloat.
	Be Willing to Serve 2:11 \| Play Now \| The world -- individuals and the finest restaurants -- get their oysters for Glidden Point Oysters, a small business that provides unexpected quality and service. For more... (opens new window)
	Make a Perfect Product 1:40 \| Play Now \| Bob Sakata grows some of the sweetest corn in the world. He consistently asks, "How can I improve?" Logon and view all the videos of this episode.
	Keep Improving 3:17 \| Play Now \| Bob Sakata has been working on a farm since he was 10 years old. While other kids were reading comic books, Bob was studying tractor magazines. More...
	Target Your Marketing 2:13 \| Play Now \| David Fluker has grown the business his father passed to him by adding new products and new markets. He uses the Internet, mail and the telephone to sell.
	Develop A New Product 1:52 \| Play Now \| Iguanas eat the crickets. Perfect. The new product eats the core product.
	Brace Yourself for Stress 3:10 \| Play Now \| Working with family can be good and bad. When Mr. Fluker decided to retire, he turned over the reins and ownership of Fluker Farms to his children, David, Howard and Diane. It was up to them to figure out how to make it work. Howard admits that things aren't always smooth.
	Hire College Students 4:40 \| Play Now \| College students make out-bound sales calls for Fluker Farms. They are also very fast at delivering the answers to Internet-based questions.

	Keep Raising the Bar 5:00 \| Play Now \| Iguanas were once the new thing at Fluker Farms. Now the owners are looking for the next winning idea which they expect will be something that eats something that they sell.

	A tribute to Fess Parker. He says, "Buy Real Estate." 4:28 \| Play Now \| Fess Parker shares an important lesson about leveraging investments to purchase real estate.
	Listen To The Market 3:18 \| Play Now \| Fess Parker learns that timing--and market knowledge--are key to success in any business.
	Market Your Entire EcoSystem 1:57 \| Play Now \| Fess Parker Winery teaches that selling is as much about the place as the product itself.
	Play Hard To Get 2:49 \| Play Now \| Eli Parker, is wine maker, and cultivates the relationship with restaurants to ensure continuing demand for their high-quality product.
	Write Your Script and Use It 3:31 \| Play Now \| Host Hattie Bryant learned from Fess that in wine and Hollywood, a compelling story is what keeps people coming back.
	Jump On New Technology 2:15 \| Play Now \| In 1997, with a few dollars and a home-grown Web site developer, Fess Parker Winery and Vineyard doubled its retail traffic by putting up a simple Web site.
	Coddle Customers 1:52 \| Play Now \| Cindy Simpson, manager of the Fess Parker Winery wine club, stresses the importance of membership privileges and unique product offerings.
	Attract Money With A Great Idea 4:09 \| Play Now \| Fess Parker says that he learned from Walt Disney about the power of ideas.
	Solve A Problem 3:24 \| Play Now \| Meal worms are happy in their shipping box and arrive live to their destination.
	Step Aside 1:21 \| Play Now \| Founder Richard Fluker passed the business to his nineteen-year-old son.
	Be the Person People Want to Work For 2:30 \| Play Now \| David Fluker has grown into an excellent leader because he is smart, driven and at the same time respectful of all people. You even heard one of the employees say that David is a better boss than was his Dad!