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Buying & Selling Local: Farm Marketing Strategies and Wholesale Perspectives in Farmington

March 31 @ 9:30 am3:00 pm

Free

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  • 9:30–10:00 a.m.:Ìý¸é±ð²µ¾±²õ³Ù°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô
  • 10:00–11:00 a.m.: How to Develop a Marketing Strategy for Your Farm Business
    (Brett Johnson, 91¸£Àû Extension)
  • 11:00–11:45 a.m.: Finding Your Brand Voice
    (Heather Holland, Somerset Soil and Water Conservation District)
  • 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Lunch and networking
  • 12:30–1:15 p.m.: Wholesale Marketing and Best Practices Farmer Panel
    (Guest panel with local farmers)
  • 1:15–2:00 p.m.: Wholesale Buyers Panel
    (Guest panel with local business owners)
  • 2:00–2:45 p.m.: The Local Food Switchboard – a Maine based online platform for selling to institutional buyers
  • 2:45–3:00 p.m.: Wrap up

For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Nick Rowley,Ìýnicholas.rowley@maine.edu.

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