Event Details
Date
January 29 - January 30, 2018
Time
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Tug Hill Vineyards
4051 Yancey Rd
Lowville, NY 13367
Cost
$35.00 per person
Host
Cornell Small Farms Program, CCE Jefferson, and CCE Lewis
Baskets to Pallets: Intro to Selling Wholesale
January 29 - January 30, 2018Preparing Small and Mid-Size Farmers to Enter Food Hubs, Cooperatives, Restaurants and Groceries
This course is designed for farmers of all enterprises and will cover building relationships with buyers, customer management and record keeping, pricing, grading and packaging, uniformity and consistency, and food safety, among many other topics! This fun course includes plenty of hands-on activities and opportunities for peer learning and small group discussion. The course includes one break-out session for livestock and produce farmers. Additionally, the training includes an end-of-day session to start crop-planning for selling to the NNY Food Hub, based out of Jefferson county CCE, during the 2018 growing season.
The full agenda and registration can be found at http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/projects/wholesale/
The training cost is $35.00, which enables 2 people per farm to attend and includes breakfast refreshments and a delicious locally sourced lunch each day. Space is limited to 40 participants and early registration is encouraged.
The 'Baskets to Pallets' course is co-hosted by the Cornell Small Farms Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County and funded via Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE).
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