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SUMMARY:Navigating Your Food Business: In Person Networking and Food Safety
DESCRIPTION:Join leaders from NC State University\, NC Cooperative Extension\, and the EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems Initiative for a tour of their shared kitchen facilities\, hear real success stories and gain food safety insights. Special guests include the Got To Be NC Program and local food safety regulators. \nGet the new food safety implementation guide and network with food safety professionals in your area. Walk away with insight\, tools\, templates and logs to implement and optimize your food safety systems. \nCore focus areas that we’ll cover: \n\nPersonnel and Hygiene: What does a written policy look like?\nSupplier Programs: Verifying where your ingredients come from\nProcess Controls: Managing critical steps\, e.g.\, temperature and pH\nSanitation: Procedures:Where sanitation matters most in an operation\nAllergen Programs: Essentials of allergen labeling and preventing cross-contact\nLabeling Essentials: Outline the mandatory elements of a food label\nRecall plans: Tracking your product if something goes wrong
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/navigating-your-food-business-in-person-networking-and-food-safety/
LOCATION:NC Cooperative Extension – Madison County\, 258 Carolina Lane\, 28753\, Marshall\, NC\, 28753\, United States
CATEGORIES:CEFS,EMFS,Workshops and Educational Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Lauffer - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University & Center for Environmental Farming Systems North Carolina Growing Together Project":MAILTO:lwlauffe@ncsu.edu
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SUMMARY:Ensuring Quality from Pasture to Plate: A Meat Quality & Marketing Training
DESCRIPTION:Join NC Choices’ for a producer-oriented program\, Ensuring Quality from Pasture to Plate: A Meat Quality & Marketing Training\, taking you from pasture to package – covering live animal evaluation\, nutrition\, carcass assessment\, and bulk sales strategy. We’ll examine every stage of the process to understand how farm management and nutrition decisions directly impact product quality. Leave with the practical knowledge to understand your product at every step\, and the confidence to market it successfully to bulk buyers and build a thriving local meat business. \nThis intensive features a full day of classroom instruction led by Dr. Jennifer Martin (Colorado State University) and some of the field’s top experts in nutrition\, meat quality\, and marketing. We’ll examine every stage of the process to understand how farm management and nutrition decisions directly impact product quality. Leave with the practical knowledge to understand your product at every step\, and the confidence to market it successfully to bulk buyers and build a thriving local meat business. \nAttendees also have the option to add a pre-tour on Tuesday\, August 25. This all-day tour will include on-farm live animal evaluation followed by meat cutting demos at a USDA-inspected processor to evaluate meat quality from pasture to package. Pre-workshop tour space is very limited and first come\, first served. \nDates: Tuesday\, August 25 (optional pre-workshop tour)\, 8:00am-5:00pm \nWednesday\, August 26\, 2026 (workshop)\, 8:00am-5:00pm \nLocation: \nN.C. Cooperative Extension\, Randolph County Center\, \n1880 US Hwy 64E\, Asheboro\, NC \nTickets: Space is limited. Register here. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThis NC Choices’ training is part of the Meat Summit’s national effort to strengthen local meat systems through focused supply chain conferences and summits. Read more about Meat Summits at www.MeatSummits.com \n \nSupport for this program is provided by USDA NIFA sponsorship award #20227042038269 to Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) & this material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award # 2021-70027-34722. \nFunding for this work was also made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant I 25LFPPNC1283. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/ensuring-quality-from-pasture-to-plate/
LOCATION:N.C. Cooperative Extension\, Randolph County Center\, 1880 US Hwy 64E\, Asheboro\, NC\, 27203\, United States
CATEGORIES:CEFS,NC Choices,Workshops,Workshops and Educational Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T120000
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SUMMARY:Homestead to Side Hustle
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to turn what you already grow and make into a scalable\, income-generating side business with practical tools and guidance \n\n\n\n\nTurn your backyard skills into real income. Homestead to Side Hustle is a practical class designed for folks who want to make money from what they already grow\, raise\, or create. Whether you’re selling eggs\, preserves\, plants\, or handmade goods\, you’ll learn simple ways to price your products\, find local buyers\, navigate small-scale regulations\, and build a steady side income without losing the spirit of your homestead. Perfect for beginners and seasoned hobbyists ready to take the next step. \nThe cost for attendance ($15.00) covers a locally catered box lunch. \nIf you do not have an email address or have trouble registering online\, please call: 828-577-2427
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/homestead-to-side-hustle-2/
LOCATION:NC Cooperative Extension – Madison County\, 258 Carolina Lane\, 28753\, Marshall\, NC\, 28753\, United States
CATEGORIES:CEFS,EMFS,Workshops and Educational Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Lauffer - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University & Center for Environmental Farming Systems North Carolina Growing Together Project":MAILTO:lwlauffe@ncsu.edu
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SUMMARY:Thinking of Opening a Farm Stand? Agribusiness Series
DESCRIPTION:Agribusiness Series\nJoin EMFS and the Small Business Center as we explore topics essential to farmers and the small businesses that work with farmers and food. \nThinking of Opening a Farm Stand?\nSpeaker: Carol Coulter\n\nOwning and operating a farmstand in North Carolina can be a source of income and an opportunity to expand your marketing opportunities. Carol Coulter recently completed a study exploring farmstand design\, regulations\, and safety considerations. We will have photos and designs to share. Bring your questions about your farmstand dreams! \n\nSpeaker: Carol Coulter\, Appalachian State University
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/thinking-of-opening-a-farm-stand-agribusiness-series/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:CEFS,EMFS,Workshops and Educational Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Lauffer - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University & Center for Environmental Farming Systems North Carolina Growing Together Project":MAILTO:lwlauffe@ncsu.edu
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SUMMARY:2026 Farm to Early Care and Education Institute
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the 2026 Farm to Early Care and Education Institute! CEFS is happy to honor the hard work from the Farm to Early Childhood Education Local Food Purchasing Collaborative\, as well as look to the future and continue incorporating agriculture\, farming and gardening in the lives of children and in childcare development centers. \nInstitute: Saturday\, September 26\, 2026\, 9:00am-4:30pm \n\nLocation: Rocky Mount Event Center\, 285 NE Main Street\, Rocky Mount\, NC 27801 \n\n\n**Parking at Event Center is $10 per vehicle. Carpooling is encouraged**\n\n\n\nRegistration: Register here. \nAttend the Institute to… \n\n– Network with Farm to ECE leaders and continue growing our movement in NC! \n– Better understand the importance of community outreach\, collaboration and mentoring relationships in Farm to ECE programming \n– Participate in dynamic learning opportunities\, including keynote speakers and hands-on learning experiences \nWho’s invited? \nECE administrators and teachers\, technical assistance providers\, NC Cooperative Extension Agents and all those that want to help end childhood hunger and promote healthy eating habits in young children \n  \nFor more information\, contact: \nShironda Brown\, sewilli3@ncsu.edu \nThe Institute is generously sponsored by: \n \n 
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/farm-to-ece-institute-2026/
LOCATION:Rocky Mount Event Center\, 285 NE Main St\, Rocky Mount\, NC\, 27801\, United States
CATEGORIES:CEFS,Farm to ECE Institute,Workshops,Workshops and Educational Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T180000
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SUMMARY:Food is the Product for Sale: Agribusiness Series
DESCRIPTION:Agribusiness Series\nJoin EMFS\, and the Small Business Center as we explore topics essential to farmers and the small businesses that work with farmers and food. \nFood is the Product for Sale\nSpeaker: Dani Black\n\nSeeing business planning as a process (rather than an overwhelming project) helps articulate concept\, organize the work\, and connect to resources to build a strong foundation. Busting the myth that food business is necessarily risky\, this class focuses on what is different: rules and regs\, key financial metrics and operational realities. Join us for this interactive\, engaging webinar with food business expert Dani Black.
URL:https://cefs.ncsu.edu/event/food-is-the-product-for-sale-agribusiness-series/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:CEFS,EMFS,Workshops and Educational Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Lauffer - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University & Center for Environmental Farming Systems North Carolina Growing Together Project":MAILTO:lwlauffe@ncsu.edu
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