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Food as A Business Webinar Recordings Free and Available to Everyone on YouTube
Thank you to everyone who joined us any of the last four weeks as a part of our Food as a Business Webinar Series! Below is a link to each of the recorded Food as A Business webinars. All are publicly available on YouTube.
Liability Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ev8WzR9vhY&t=1008s
Dr. Travis Mountain discusses product liability for food products and business. Food products are highly susceptible to liability claims and it is important to understand how to manage this risk through liability insurance. This recorded webinar will help you learn the ins and outs of manage your product liability.
Community and Economic Resources Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnMd2a20e2c
Conaway Haskins with Virginia Cooperative Extension talks about the community and economic resources available throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Whether you are a new or existing business, these resources will help make your business successful.
Branding your Product Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLCBVPoC2w
Dr. Clint Neill with Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension discusses the important of Labels, Logos, and Branding your food product. All three components are vitally important to business success and this recorded webinar will help you better understand how to use each of these marketing tools.
Direct Marketing Resources Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKDs5Y1LDw&t=1151s
Dr. Kim Morgan discusses the importance of networking and how to use various direct marketing resource to enhance visability of your business. By using tools such as MarketMaker, you can find places to sell your fresh fruits and vegetables, or even value-added/processed products, directly to consumers and wholesalers.
Feel free to send these webinar link to anyone else that may be interested in viewing them.
If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me directly at cneill@vt.edu or by calling my office phone at 540-231-0770.
Again, thank you all for joining the Food as A Business webniar series! Sponsored by the Southern Risk Management Education Center.
- Learn more about beginning farmer training programs at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/beginning-farmer-training-programs/
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