Food Business and Entrepreneurship
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Food Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economics resources.|
A market-based approach to developing local and regional food systems to serve communities (from the Wallace Center). |
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Aims to enhance knowledge for family business owners (and also their successors, employees, etc). PIFB can provide education on strategic business planning and estate financial planning.
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Offers Hoosier small businesses and entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector access to no-cost, confidential specialty business advising, and training, including financing, crop yield projections, U.S. Department of Agriculture loan packaging, value-added product development, and commodity-exporting, among others. |
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Seeks to support new farmers to determine their mission and vision through statewide programs, projects with partnering agencies, and targeted farm events to build more robust networks across Indiana. Each year a virtual series is offered.
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Your local health dept might require pH and water activity testing of your food product. FEMI can help with that. They also want to help your business in food/beverage ideation, development, etc. |
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The information via the link above will help ensure your business is successful, in compliance with state laws and regulations, and protected against business scams and identity theft. Mark these items off your to-do list and set your business up for success!
This certificate follows a curriculum designed by Purdue Extension and is tailored to the dynamics of urban agriculture which occurs at a very small scale (usually an acre or less), at close proximity to non-agriculture land uses, and often in partnership with other individuals or organizations.
The audience for this curriculum includes for-profit and nonprofit market farmers and gardeners, community garden organizers, school garden leaders, urban homesteaders, and other urban agriculture project leaders.
Urban Ag certificate programThis list is not exhaustive, but it is a good start.
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This program covers multiple aspects of a successful farmers market for both market managers and market vendors. Content includes market regulations, food safety, liability, sustaining a stable market, food assistance programs, and conflict management. This program promotes networking and follows our Market Manager Toolkit and Market Vendor Toolkit publications. |
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Working with farmers and markets to increase vibrancy and viability for Indiana Farmers Markets, a key component of our local food system. |
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"Indiana Artisan is an economic development organization accomplishing two things. It identifies, recognizes and promotes Indiana’s high-quality foods, beverages, art, and fine craft and the Artisans who make them, with the goal of helping each Artisan expand his/her business and business skills. At the same time, Indiana Artisan is building a brand that defines Indiana by its high-quality foods, beverages, art, and fine craft, using the work of the state’s highest-quality Artisans as the stuff of the brand."
Find guidelines for becoming part of this group via link below: