Growing for Wholesale: Building and Sustaining Successful Relationships

Wednesday April 22nd - 6:00-8:00pm

Workshop hosted online Via Zoom

Are you interested in marketing your farm products to restaurants, retailers, or distributors? In this workshop, Silas Conroy will share his experience connecting small and mid-size farmers’ products to wholesale customers. Through examples from real producers and customers in our region, this interactive session will describe some common misconceptions, dos, and don’ts of working with wholesale customers. Whether you grow fruits and vegetables, raise livestock, or make value-added products, this workshop can help you design and implement a wholesale marketing strategy for your farming business.

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