Results

• Attending the Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo: Reason 2 – Marketing and business management

  Published on November 3, 2014
  Get the answers your greenhouse business needs for the latest in marketing and business management strategies by attending the 2014 Greenhouse Expo.

• Coaching Millennials in the workplace

  Published on December 12, 2016
  Millennial’s need good coaches to succeed in the workplace.

• Great Lakes EXPO Hop Session

  Published on December 24, 2014
  The Great Lakes Expo Hops Session provided useful information for growers and processors and drew the largest hop crowd to date.

• Recruiting a team for business development is critical to success

  Published on April 30, 2012
  Entrepreneurial success can be enhanced by seeking assistance and advice from both professional and experienced business people.

• Small business can improve cash flow and bottom line profit with strategic equipment purchases

  Published on July 23, 2013
  Most businesses need equipment to produce products and could manage cash flow with equipment leases.

• Facilitative leaders build committed organizations

  Published on February 9, 2012
  Michigan State University Extension's Facilitative Leadership workshop provides hands-on opportunities to learn more about how to become the kind of leader that builds and empowers groups, organizations and businesses.

• AIS-HACCP approach reduces risk of spread of AIS in aquaculture and baitfish industries

  Published on January 18, 2012
  Assessment of individual aquaculture and baitfish operations can minimize the risk of spreading AIS and safeguard businesses’ economies.

• USDA Rural Development National Value-added Producer Grant opens

  Published on September 6, 2017
  Farmers are invited to apply for planning or operating funds through Jan. 31, 2018.

• Viticulture experts converge for January Wine Grape Vineyard Establishment Conference

  Published on December 26, 2013
  Faculty of five universities and leading industry practitioners will share their expertise in starting wine grape vineyards at the Jan. 21-22, 2014 Michigan Wine Grape Vineyard Establishment Conference.

• Hiring top-notch farm labor means digging deep

  Published on January 25, 2013
  Recruiting, hiring and keeping the best farm workers require careful planning and knowing how to select the best people for the job.

• Potential sources of labor: Are these in your future plans?

  Published on March 1, 2016
  Farms should think about different strategies to fill their labor needs in 2016 and beyond. Consider any and all of these options and strategies to obtain needed workers in the future.

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  Register now for Michigan’s premier food entrepreneur conference 'Making It In Michigan'

  Published on August 16, 2019
  Conference is Nov. 13 at the Lansing Center and space for both educational sessions and vendor space is limited.

• Wish to be taken seriously in the food business? Do these five things

  Published on February 28, 2013
  If you want to place your commercial food product in regional grocery distribution, there are some basic standards to meet.

• When something goes wrong, food processors need a recall plan

  Published on December 5, 2013
  An efficient recall plan reduces the processor’s risk and protects the public.

• Current liabilities: The balance sheet’s nagging component

  Published on March 2, 2013
  Managing financial obligations in the short term is essential for business survival.

• Specialty food buyers offer tips and insights for selling your food product

  Published on December 12, 2014
  Buyers of Meijer, Hiller’s Markets, Cherry Capital Foods and Kroger share tips and insight for how it works to have your product in their stores.

• From restaurant to wholesale: Part 1

  Published on February 7, 2014
  Learn about product selection, regulations and packaging that will enable you to turn your restaurant food into a wholesale product.

• The working wines of Michigan State University’s Spartan Cellars

  Published on June 14, 2011
  Michigan State University’s Spartan Cellars produces and tests experimental wines as an integral part of evaluating new wine grape varieties and cultural practices for the growing Michigan wine industry.

• Reviewing business performance: The key to attaining a competitive advantage

  Published on March 27, 2017
  Understand the necessity of performance indicators can provide a business the tools to insure it will be able to reach it is competitiveness.

• Just how natural is a food labeled “natural"?

  Published on November 21, 2016
  Organically labeled foods have a specific definition.