For immediate release
For more information contact:
Ted Craig
Value-Added Program Manager
Wyoming Business Council
Office: 307.777.6578

Tom Lacock
Senior Marketing and Public Relations Specialist
Wyoming Business Council
Office: 307.777.2834


Business Council sponsors 2007 Wyoming Farmers’ Market Conference

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Farmers Marketing Association will host the 2007 Farmers’ Market Conference Feb. 6 at the Ramkota in Casper. The Wyoming Business Council is a sponsor of the event along with Wyoming Rural Development Council.

The conference is aimed at farmers’ market vendors and organizers of farmers’ markets throughout Wyoming. Topics at the conference include: Developing a Food Safety Plan When Selling Your Products at Farmers’ Markets; Partnering for Effective Promotion of Your Farmers’ Market; How to Increase Your Yields Through Soil Fertility and Mulching; What Makes or Breaks a Farmers’ Market?; Making Money at Farmers’ Markets—What Works and What Doesn’t; and Producer Panel.

“This conference is not just for managers, but for vendors who want to gain more information on marketing and farming techniques,” said Ted Craig, value-added program manager of the Wyoming Business Council.

The conference also includes the Wyoming Farmers Marketing Association Annual Meeting, a reception and an annual banquet including a speaker on Selecting Plant Varieties to Increase Nutritional Content.

Registration for the conference is $25 and can be done on-line through the University of Wyoming’s Conferences and Institutes’ Web site at http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/Calendar/. For more information, contact Craig, at 307.777.6578, e-mail Craig, or visit www.wyomingfarmersmarkets.org.

The mission of the Wyoming Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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