Event Details
Date(s) & Time(s)::
November 29, 2012 at 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM
Location: Allen County Extension Office on the IPFW campus,4001 Crescent Ave.
Phone: 260-481-6826 or TDD -711
Email: marting@purdue.edu
Event Description
Market Ready Workshop
Farmers and small business owners interested in selling their products can learn ways to make their businesses safe and profitable at this local workshop. The workshop will feature sessions on each stage of food marketing including quality control, pricing, insurance, and relationship building.
Target audiences include traditional farmers seeking to expand their markets, owners of small businesses such as bakeries or dairies, and producers of value added farm products such as flour, jellies, jams, or salsa.
The workshop will make farmers and small business owners better able to compete in food markets by familiarizing themselves with business practices, quality, and similar issues. Session structure will include panel discussions with representatives from restaurants and wholesale buying institutions.
The workshop will be offered on November 29, 2012, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Allen County Office of the Purdue Extension Service. Registration cost is $60.00 per person and $30.00 for each additional member of a family or farm group. Lunch will be served.
Call the Allen County Extension Office at 260-481-6826. For more information contact Gonzalee Martin at 260-481-6826 or e-mail him at marting@purdue.edu.
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