14th Annual Buy Local Foods Seminar

Description

How do we boost marketing of our local foods?
 
Join us virtually on Zoom or by phone this year
for our 14^th annual Buy Local Foods Seminar!
 
Sunday, February 20, 2022-- 1:00 to 4:00 pm
 
Sponsored by the Brown County Food Council, The Ohio State University Extension,
Adams Brown Community Action Partnership, Catholic Rural Life,
Adams-Brown Diabetes Education Coalition, & the Adams County Public Library
 
Program Agenda
 
1:00 PM                      Welcome & Introductions
 
The Benefits of Buying Local—James Morris, Extension Educator, The Ohio State University Extension-Brown County
 
1:20 PM                      Local Producers’ “Showcase” Presentations

• Jeff & Sandra Ashba, Organic Farm at Bear Creek, Felicity, OH (Fresh vegetables and canned goods)
• Louise Gartner, Foxtail Farm, New Richmond, OH (Fresh vegetables)
• Susan, Kevin, & Keegan McGee, Turtleback Ridge Farm & Brewery, Ewing, KY

(Fresh vegetables, maple syrup, & handcrafted beers)

• Gary Keuffer, Bethel, OH (Honey)
• Steve Hedrick, Mound View Farms, Peebles, OH (Milk & beef)
• Trevor Corboy, Smokey Hollow Farms, Sardinia, OH (Beef)
• Bill Wickerham, End of the Ridge Marketplace, West Union, OH (Beef, lamb, pork, chicken, & turkey)
• Rick Burk, B & D Berry Farm, Peebles, OH (Berries)

 
3:00 PM                      BREAK
 
3:15 PM                      Keys to Creating & Sustaining A Successful Farmers Market—Christie Welch, Direct Food & Agricultural Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University Extension South Centers, Piketon, OH
 
3:50 PM                      What’s New with Local Food Councils—Denise Neu, Chair, Brown County Food Council
 
4:00 PM                      Wrap-Up & Adjournment
 
To register for this event, follow this link to Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/3eXOsu7
Once you register, you will receive an email with the link to join the seminar.
 
For questions, call Julie Kline @ 937 515-1807, Sue Basta @ 937 515-6900,
or Pat Hornschemeier @513 752-0647