Exploring Value-Added

New Videos

Learn from the experiences of five young farmers who are managing successful value-added enterprises on their farm.

• Coopers
• Primeridge Pure
• Murphy's
• Sjaarda
• Zekveld's

The enterprises include on-farm bakeries, dairies, market garden and pick your own operations. Each video interview is approximately four minutes long.

Workshop Dates and Locations

Course	Date	Location	To Register Contact:
Exploring Value-Added	Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (Snow Date)	REACH Centre 169 Beach Street Clinton, Ontario	Contact Cathy Zerri-Dunseith by phone at 519 527-0305 or by e-mail czerridunseith@smallbusinesshuron.ca Register by Thursday, February 23, 2012

Proposed Learning Objectives:

As a result of participation participants will be able to:

• Generate potential value-added ideas for their farms
• Select the most promising potential value-added idea
• Assess the potential value-added idea through a business framework of marketing, production, financing, and human resources criteria which includes identifying input needs resources available, costs, risks and regulations
• Assess the farm team members capacity and enthusiasm for developing value-added ideas
• Understand the issues and information needed to begin the development of a business plan (participants do not complete an actual business plan at this workshop)
• Identify value-added information resources available to them

Links to e-Learning

More information on new value-added opportunities is available through these online webinars

Adding New Value Powers Up Your Farm

Organic Opportunities for Value Added Production - Part One

Organic Opportunities for Value Added Production - Part Two

To be contacted for further information when available please send an e-mail to ag.info.omafra @ontario.ca