Homestead to Side Hustle: Agribusiness Series

Agribusiness Series Join EMFS, and the Small Business Center as we explore topics essential to farmers and the small businesses that work with farmers and food. Homestead to Side Hustle Speaker: Jennifer Badger with EMFS Turn what you already grow and make into extra income! This class dives into real-world case studies of common homestead products—eggs, preserves, baked goods, [...]

2026-07-14T12:32:58-04:00July 14th, 2026|, , |

Rules and Regs for Food Service – Prepare for Inspectors and Inspections with Confidence: Agribusiness Series

Agribusiness Series Join EMFS, and the Small Business Center as we explore topics essential to farmers and the small businesses that work with farmers and food. Rules and Regs for Food Service: Prepare for Inspectors and Inspections with Confidence Speaker: Dani Black In this interactive, meeting-style webinar, you will get the know-how you need to prepare for inspectors and [...]

2026-07-14T12:34:51-04:00July 14th, 2026|, , |

Food is the Product for Sale: Agribusiness Series

Agribusiness Series Join EMFS, and the Small Business Center as we explore topics essential to farmers and the small businesses that work with farmers and food. Food is the Product for Sale Speaker: Dani Black Seeing business planning as a process (rather than an overwhelming project) helps articulate concept, organize the work, and connect to resources to build a [...]

2026-07-14T11:59:42-04:00July 14th, 2026|, , |

Homestead to Side Hustle

Learn how to turn what you already grow and make into a scalable, income-generating side business with practical tools and guidance Turn 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, [...]

2026-07-07T12:38:45-04:00July 7th, 2026|, , |

Navigating Your Food Business: In Person Networking and Food Safety

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. Get the new food safety implementation guide and [...]

2026-06-23T10:09:35-04:00June 23rd, 2026|, , |

Homestead to Side Hustle

Learn how to turn what you already grow and make into a scalable, income-generating side business with practical tools and guidance Turn 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, [...]

Navigating Your Food Business Series: Retail Foods – Restaurants, Food Trucks & more

Retail Foods: Restaurants, Food Trucks & more Wednesday | Jun 10 | 6:00 PM — 7:15 PM Join NC State Extension as we welcome Ellen Shumaker and the Safe Plates Team on this webinar as we investigate food safety requirements for food entrepreneurs and existing food businesses in the retail food sector. Be sure to stay and learn [...]

Navigating Your Food Business Series: Retail Foods – Restaurants, Food Trucks & more

Retail Foods: Restaurants, Food Trucks and more Wednesday | Jun 10 | 1:00 PM — 2:15 PM Register here: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/mkR9tXDrRSyy52p4YfAckg Join NC State Extension as we welcome Ellen Shumaker and the Safe Plates Team on this webinar as we investigate food safety requirements for food entrepreneurs and existing food businesses in the retail food sector. Be sure to stay [...]

Food Labeling: Navigating Your Food Business Series

Food Labeling: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | Jun 03 | 6:00 PM — 7:15 PM Join Kate Nicholas with NC State Extension Food Safety on this webinar on best practices for food labeling for food entrepreneurs and existing food businesses. The session will conclude with a Q&A with the Extension Team. Register for this live [...]

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