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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A prominent Kentucky Proud businessman and a business author will be among the speakers at the fourth Ohio River Valley Farm Marketing Conference Feb. 21-22 at Clifty Falls State Park in Madison, Ind.
Jimmy Baird, owner of Little Kentucky Smokehouse, a ham processing plant in Union County, Ky., will speak at the closing of the conference. Barry Moltz, author of “You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business,” will address the conference at the Feb. 22 luncheon. Janet Eaton, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s farmers’ market coordinator, will talk about “Sharpening Your Competitive Edge” at breakfast.
Conference workshops will explore starting a certified kitchen, cooperatives, marketing alliances, home processing and other agricultural marketing subjects. The conference also will offer one-on-one roundtable discussions with producers, panel discussions and trade show exhibits.
The conference will open Feb. 21 at the Venture Out Business Center with a wine and cheese tasting and a dinner of regional cuisine, during which a panel of chefs and producers will discuss the elements of a successful buying arrangement.
The conference is targeted to growers, agricultural entrepreneurs, agricultural educators, community leaders, local government officials and other agricultural stakeholders from Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
Kentucky conference sponsors include the Commodity Growers Cooperative, Kentucky Farm Bureau, the Kentucky Center for Cooperative Development, the Kentucky Rural Electric Association and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is a cooperating sponsor.
Registration is $40 before Feb. 6 and $50 after that date. The fee to attend one day is $25.
For more information, contact Sharon Ellison by phone at (317) 290-3100, ext. 429 or by e-mail at Sharon.ellison@in.usda.gov; Deb Conley by phone at (317) 232-8771 or by e-mail at dconley@isda.in.gov; Angela Caporelli or Janet Eaton by phone at (502) 564-4983 or by e-mail at angela.caporelli@ky.gov or janet.eaton@ky.gov.
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