Value-added Agriculture Products Business Workshop
May 7th 9:30-12:00 Tennessee Career Center
130 Progress Center Plaza Centerville
(email vision21@hickmanco.com to register)
How to start and how to grow a business that adds value to agriculture products. Canning fruit preserves, processing timber products, making wine, creating decorative items from flowers, curing hams…. anything that adds value to something agricultural, food or fiber.
Representatives from the following are scheduled to provide information:
- Center for Profitable Agriculture
- UT Extension
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture
- Tennessee Farm Bureau
- USDA Rural Development
- Tennessee Economic & Community Development BERO
- South Central Tennessee Development District
- Hickman County Economic & Community Development Association
Biomass & Forestry Products in Tennessee
May 15th 6:00p.m. MLEC Conference Room Centerville
What Bio-fuels could mean to Hickman County. Dr. Adam Taylor Universtity of Tennessee Forest Products Extension Specialist will be the main speaker. Call 729.2404 to register.
