Rachel Armistead and Luke Flessner started Sweet Farm Sauerkraut together in 2011. Both hobby fermenters when they met in 2009. When friends and family started offering to pay for the krauts Luke and Rachel were giving away, the couple started to talk seriously about a business venture. After much experimentation, product sourcing, and hard work, Sweet Farm Sauerkraut debuted its four main flavors—Classic Kraut, Beet Kraut, Curry Kraut, and Curtido—at local farmers markets in the fall of 2011.
Word of their delicious krauts quickly spread, and stores and restaurants started calling for products. Three years later, Rachel and Luke’s expanding line of krauts can be found in a growing number of stores, restaurants and farmers markets in the Greater DC area.
University of Maryland Extension’s Food for Profit is a one-day workshop designed to work through the maze of local and state regulations, food safety issues, and business management concepts that all must be considered in setting up a commercial food business.
Food for Profit takes participants step-by-step through the entrepreneurial process, allowing evaluation of these opportunities on paper before looking for funding or taking action (saving money and time). In addition, during the course of the day, Rachael will share her story of the steps she took to successfully start her own food enterprise.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Food for Profit will meet from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm., on October 20, 2016 at the University of Maryland Extension-Washington County, 7303 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713. The tuition cost of $45 per person which includes all materials and lunch.
University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all citizens without regard to race, color, gender, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or national origin.
Registration is through the University of Maryland Extension Eventbrite on-line system at http://foodforprofit-washco.eventbrite.com or by calling 301-432-2767 ext. 301. For further information about workshop content, contact Ginger S. Myers, University of Maryland Extension Specialist at gsmyers@umd.edu, 301-432-2767 ext.338. Pre-payment and registration are required for this workshop.
The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.
