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Ag Entrepreneurship Education Project Updates
Project Title: Value Added Conferences Grant Funds Round 2 (2004)
Project Leader (s): Rose Skora
Project Category: Outreach/Education
Situation: Funds were requested to assist educational efforts throughout the state that related to direct marketing activities.
Response: Support was provided to several conferences including:
- 2004 Urban/Rural conference
- 2005 FarmDirect conference
- 2005 Value-Added conference
- 2005 Direct Marketing 101 conferences
- 2005 Marketing Strategies for the Small Producer
Results: At all of the conference that were sponsored in part by EAM team funds, the number of participants were approximately: 60 (Urban/Rural), 25 (Farm Direct – unfortunately a blizzard limited attendance), 200 (Value-Added), 26 (Direct Marketing 101) and 40 (Marketing Strategies for the Small Producer).
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