Local Food Producer Entrepreneurship Workshop designed to assist local food producers gain essential business, marketing skills
Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
WICHITA — There is more to growing local food than planting a few seeds. To have a thriving local food, business it is necessary to have modern business and marketing skills to compete in the marketplace. The Local Food Producer Entrepreneurship Workshop is designed to help aspiring and existing local food producers gain those skills. Workshops sessions include:
- A business planning track will feature step by step guidance on creating a business plan.
- Panel discussion on developing value-added products
- Social media mini-workshop
This event is sponsored by K-State Research & Extension – Sedgwick County, the Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita, the Kansas Rural Center, and features executive director of Cultivate KC, Katherine Kelly.
Local Food Producer Entrepreneurship Workshop
Friday, February 7, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sedgwick County Extension Education Center 4-H Hall
7001 W 21st Street North (21st & Ridge Rd)
Wichita, KS 67205
The registration fee is $15 to attend if registration is completed by January 29, 2020, after February 1, registration will cost $20.00 per person. The deadline for registration is February 5, 2020. Registration for this event is paired with registration for the Wichita Farmers Market Regional Workshop. Register online at http://sedgwick.ksu.edu/events or call 316-660-0100.
