Food Labeling: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | Jun 03 | 1:00 PM — 2:15 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 [...]
Grant Writing and Funding for Food Businesses: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | May 20 | 6:00 PM — 7:15 PM Join NC State Extension as we welcome Traci Dixon and Kittrane Sanders on this webinar on how to find and submit grants for food entrepreneurs and existing food businesses. The session will conclude with a [...]
Grant Writing and Funding for Food Businesses: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | May 20 | 1:00 PM — 2:15 PM Join NC State Extension as we welcome Traci Dixon and Kittrane Sanders on this webinar on how to find and submit grants for food entrepreneurs and existing food businesses. The session will conclude with a [...]
Marketing & Competitive Analysis - Standing Out in NC's Food Scene Wednesday | May 13 | 6:00 PM — 7:15 PM Register at: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/X61R9fVkSQq8anF9BbsYMw Join NC State Extension as we welcome Jennifer Badger, with the Empowering Mountain Food Systems Project on an informational webinar on how analyzing the market and your competition in the food and agriculture sector can help [...]
Marketing & Competitive Analysis - Standing Out in NC's Food Scene Wednesday | May 13 | 1:00 PM — 2:15 PM Register at: Meeting Registration - Zoom Join NC State Extension as we welcome Jennifer Badger, with the Empowering Mountain Food Systems Project on an informational webinar on how analyzing the market and your competition in the food and [...]
Got 2 Be NC - NCDA's Marketing Services: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | May 06 | 6:00 PM — 7:15 PM Join NC State Extension as we welcome NCDA's Got 2 Be NC Marketing team on an informational webinar on how this program supports food and agriculture businesses across NC. Register for this Zoom webinar using [...]
Got 2 Be NC - NCDA's Marketing Services: Navigating Your Food Business Series Wednesday | May 06 | 1:00 PM — 2:15 PM Join NC State Extension as we welcome NCDA's Got 2 Be NC Marketing team on an informational webinar on how this program supports food and agriculture businesses across NC. The session will conclude with [...]
From Farm to Experience: Building Agritourism Success Discover how agritourism can transform your farm into a thriving, diversified business. Shipley Farms, a 153-year-old family farm in the Western North Carolina mountains, has evolved from a legacy of Hereford cattle, sheep, and tobacco into a modern, value-added operation centered on their Signature Beef brand. Since 2014, [...]
Mushrooms can be a powerful way to diversify farm revenue—but success depends on choosing a model that aligns with your farm’s scale, infrastructure, and market realities. This hands-on workshop focuses on the business and operational considerations of adding mushrooms to an existing farm. We’ll explore scalable production models, space and infrastructure requirements, startup and operating [...]
This class, led by Watauga County Farmers' Market Director Michelle Smith, will explore how to attract attention in a sea of tents and tables and keep shoppers coming back week after week. This will be a great session for any market vendor to assess their own booth and optimize their set up for the remainder [...]
