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The Widget Development and Trading Company provides comprehensive assistance in areas such as research, business formation, product development, branding, marketing, and distribution, guiding Farmers through every stage from initial concept to successful market distribution.

Elderberry Workshop 2025

2025 Elderberry Workshop

Program Case Study

Improving the Food Supply Chain

Partner Programs

Flint River Farming Alliance
Business Development

Widget Development & Trading Company, Inc. (Widget DTC) is a product and program development firm founded in 2011 by David and Frances Martin. Headquartered in Griffin, Georgia, Widget DTC provides comprehensive solutions that take consumer product ideas from concept to commercial distribution. The company specializes in product development, branding, business formation, and retail logistics— Including services such as

  • UPC registration
  • EDI integration
  • Global Data Synchronization

- to help entrepreneurs and small businesses bring consumable products to market.

Program Development

Widget DTC has a robust program development division focused on agricultural and rural economic advancement. The company has created and managed:

  • USDA-funded workshops
  • Grant applications
  • Logistics
  • Compliance programs for universities, nonprofit organizations and veteran initiatives.

Its educational content and training programs target small farmers, ranchers, and beginning agribusiness owners—equipping them with tools in sustainability, intensive agriculture, and value-added production.

Workshops and Seminars
  • "Farming is a Business" – Covering heir property rights, business structuring, accounting practices, and product marketing.
  • "High Yield – Small Acres" – Demonstrating how small-scale farmers can achieve profitability using advanced growing systems such as aquaponics, hydroponics, and hoop house agriculture.
  • "Seeds, Bees, and Soil" – Focused on heirloom seeds, pollinator habitats, and soil health strategies.
  • "Improving the Supply Chain Through Value-Added Production" – Teaching farmers how to increase income through food product formulation, branding, ecommerce, and distribution.
Goat Meat: The kids are all right

Goat Meat is the most widely consumed meat in the world. Goat (aka cabrito, capretto, chevon) holds a place of honor in many cuisines, including Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Jamaican, Greek, and Persian. Although many believe Goat Meat has a gamy flavor. This is true of older goats, but a young cabrito has a clean, grassy, herbal flavor, sweeter and less greasy than beef. It also boasts fewer calories and less cholesterol than beef, chicken, pork or lamb.

Are you Starting a New Business?

If you need assistance starting up your business or are already along the way in the creation of you business we can help! "Widget" helps with business formation, product development, branding, marketing, and distribution.

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