From Recipe to Market: Cash in on Value-Added Opportunities
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a five-session workshop about taking a specialty food product to market, 5:30–9 p.m., Thursdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Topics include licensing, safely preparing and packaging food products, assessing potential profits and locating resources to support a developing business. The workshop is for people operating a value-added business or those seriously considering doing so. Participants must have a specific food product or recipe and are expected to attend all sessions. Fee is $95 per person; scholarships are available. Register online by Sept. 23. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact 781.6099, 800.287.1471 (in Maine); extension.rlreception@maine.edu.