Do your friends and family rave about your homemade chowder, blueberry jam, ice cream, fudge or other special food product? They say you should sell it and make a fortune. You wonder if they’re right, and if you have the drive and personality to run a business.

Participants of the Recipe to Market 6-part workshop will learn about licensing, how to prepare and package their food product safely, to access potential profits, and discover some of the resources available to support them in business development.

This program is for individuals currently operating a value-added business or those seriously considering one.

Cost: $50; Students $25

Dates/Times/Subject: Sessions to be held at the Foster Student Innovation Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.

1. March 21 (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.), Are You an Entrepreneur? What Is Involved?
2. March 28 (5:30 – 9:00 p.m.), Developing Your Product and Process.
3. April 4 (5:30 – 9:00 p.m.), Business Realities.
4. April 11 (5:30 – 9:00 p.m.), Resource Panel.
5. April 18 (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.), Individual Business Counseling, UMaine Extension Penobscot County Office, Bangor, Maine
6. April 25 (TBA): Two Pilot Plant Tours, Dr. Matthew Highlands Pilot Plant, Hitchner Hall, Orono, Maine.

Registration deadline March 14, 2013.

To pay with a check, contact Theresa Tilton, 207.942.7396, theresa.tilton@maine.edu.

Registration deadline March 14, 2013.

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Bangor Savings Bank is a Recipe to Market workshop sponsor.

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