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Looking for markets?
Check out these workshops
The Leopold Center and Iowa State University
are sponsoring workshops for producers interested in
learning how to market their products to food service
suppliers and retailers.
“Bridging the Gap” workshops will be held on these dates:
Producers will learn how to enter into sales
agreements with food service distributors, grocery
distributors and convenience store food distributors.
Pre-registration is preferred by calling ISU Extension’s
Value Added Agriculture Program at (515) 294-0588, or
printing and filling out an online registration form [go to
the calendar link at
www.agmrc.org].
Cost is $25, or $30 at the door, which includes lunch,
breaks and materials.
Grass-based workshop
will be January 13
The Leopold Center’s Grassland Agriculture
program will host a presentation by a national leader in the
production and marketing of grass-finished beef for an
afternoon workshop January 13 in Des Moines.
The workshop, “Tune-up for Grass-Based Production and
Marketing,” is part of the 2006 Practical Farmers of Iowa
winter conference and workshop program. The Friday workshop
is scheduled for 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Airport Holiday
Inn, Des Moines.
Featured speaker is Allen Williams, livestock consultant and
former livestock genetics and reproduction extension
specialist at Mississippi State University. Williams is an
expert in forage-efficient genetics and ultrasound
technology to gauge tenderness and quality. Currently, he is
working with several farmer networks to set up marketing
alliances for grass-finished beef. Williams also is on the
leadership team for the Association of Family Farms.
Cost of the workshop is $25 (with a $5 discount for PFI
members). For registration information, contact Julie
Carlson at PFI, (515) 232-5661 ext 101, or
Julie@practicalfarmers.org.
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