Wholesale Market Readiness for Vegetable and Produce Farms
Event Details
Date
October 28, 2021
Time
12:00-1:30
Location
Zoom
Host
CCE Sullivan County
Michelle Proscia
(845) 292-6180 Ext. 1
email Michelle Proscia
Event Registration
Join Elizabeth Higgins and Extension Specialist with the Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, and Michelle Proscia, Agriculture Educator with CCE Sullivan, for a lunchtime discussion about how farms can prepare for selling on the wholesale market and the benefits of scaling up. Topics include: labeling, recordkeeping, grading standardization of product, and post harvest handling.
This program is supported by the USDA, NIFA Award #: 2019-70020-30347
The program flyer is available at Wholesale Market Readiness Flyer.
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