This interactive workshop dives into the financial and logistics aspects of your farm business that are critical for being profitable. The topics include understanding cost of goods sold, evaluating sales and distribution efficiencies, planning for the unpredictable, and establishing sales goals. Learn strategies for critically evaluating your business performance so you can make adjustments for next year. This workshop is presented by Maria Stewart, PhD.
Maria Stewart is the owner and founder of Growing Brilliance LLC, a consulting firm that provides grant writing services and small business support for agricultural businesses. She also owns Gorgeous Goat Creamery, the only Grade A goat dairy in New Jersey. She holds adjunct teaching appointments in the Agribusiness Department at Delaware Valley University and the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Department at Saybrook University. You can learn more about her consulting at growingbrilliance.net and her farm at gorgeousgoat.com.
This event is grant funded from TOPP: The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) is a new USDA initiative that will invest up to $100 million over five years to provide education, technical assistance, and support to help producers transition to organic. The goal of this initiative is to help grow the organic sector.
