The Carrot Project will be hosting a webinar on the second part in our Basic Accounting for Farmers series, with presenter Julia Shanks of Julia Shanks Food Consulting. Part I provided an overview of basic accounting concepts and the three primary financial statements. In Part II, we will review the finacial statements with a managerial eye: What […]
Registration is now open for the 2015 Cornell Agribusiness Strategic Marketing Conference! Developing your Brand and Marketing Strategies to Increase Sales November 16 – 17, 2015 Henry A Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, Hyde Park, NY http://dyson.cornell.edu/outreach/strategic-marketing-conference The conference will focus on key business principles to improve management and […]
Our annual Business Boot Camp includes skill-building sessions with program staff, industry mentors, and fellow entrepreneurs to help participants refine their business models, solidify plans, and accelerate growth. Entrepreneurs will learn essential skills including marketing, telling your story, break even analysis, understanding financial statements, solving business challenges, and fundraising
Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation's 96th Annual Meeting will be hosted by Middlesex County Farm Bureau. The 2015 meeting will be held on December 3rd & 4th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Framingham, MA. Join your neighbors and friends in celebrating Massachusetts agricultural industry and the successes of the state's largest general farm […]
Farmers, join CISA, Sean Buchanan from Black River Produce, Bill Barrington from Pioneer Valley Growers Association, and Matt Boulanger from Whole Foods Market to learn about food safety and other wholesale requirements, the wholesale market, how to build wholesale relationships, and much more. Michael Botelho from the MA Department of Agricultural Resources will also be […]
Join FDA subject matter experts for an overview of three final Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules: Produce Safety Preventive Controls For Human Food Preventive Controls For Animal Food ... And ask YOUR questions about what the rules cover and who must comply. This is the only public meeting that the FDA will hold […]
Beginning farmers will get an overview of the many legal issues to be aware of when starting out. This tutorial serves as an introduction to the legal subjects that Farm Commons covers in our tutorials and guides. We will touch on questions such as: What business entity should a farmer choose? Which insurance policies are […]