Farm and Food Businesses
Two new resources have been unveiled in the northeast to help farm and food businesses with planning. The Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center is an outreach of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. It is a one-stop-shop for the latest and most successful business development innovations and support for Maryland's agriculture and natural resources enterprises. If you are currently, or would like to be, an agricultural/natural resources entrepreneur, we invite you to explore this site.
You will find many resources presented in a variety of ways including our Distance Learning page where you will find podcasts on the latest topics. We want to hear from you, so please contact us with questions, comments or suggestions on how we can further improve the Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center.
The Rutgers Food Innovation Center website is a unique business incubation and economic development program, which provides business and technology expertise to small and mid-sized food companies in New Jersey, and utilizes its outreach capacity to reach food and agribusinesses throughout the nation.
Food Business Basics is a series of three online professional development courses that are designed for entrepreneurs who are just starting, or starting to expand, a food business. If you are leading a start-up company, these courses are designed to help you own your business—and own your success.Under the umbrella of Food Business Basics, three asynchronous online courses are available for food entrepreneurs.
The Food Innovation Center has developed two online courses to assist market vendors and sponsors establish, maintain and grow successful farmers market operations.
The Rutgers Food Innovation Center courses are available for $79/course.
