Getting Started in a Food Business - Part One of series

Do you have an old family recipe that you would like to develop into a business? Love baking, and think you can generate some income from your goodies? Getting Started in a Food Business is an introduction to taking your recipe from the kitchen to the marketplace. In this three-hour workshop, you will learn: Deliverables: • The types of recipes you can make yourself to sell to the public • How to get inspected to go into production • Guidelines for packaging and labeling • Ideas for finding the right kind of market for your product • Basics of product pricing • What to do if you cannot process your product yourself Topics covered: • Regulatory basics • What to expect when you’re inspected • Packaging and labeling basics • Marketing basics • Financial basics

Speaker(s): Annette Dunlap is creator and managing director of AB Dunlap Consulting, a company that specializes in community development, small business, and agriculture & food. She is retired from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, where she worked as an agribusiness developer. Prior to joining NCDA&CS, Annette owned a management and marketing consultancy, focusing on financial institutions, medical practices, and locally owned businesses. Annette holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. Annette is a published author of three non-fiction books and over 100 newspaper and magazine articles. She lives with her husband in southeastern Cumberland County, where they raise cattle.

Co-Sponsor(s): Washington Harbor District Market

Part One of two part food business series

Fee: No Cost