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Grow and Sell Your Own Ferments

  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Commercial lacto-fermentation can add year-round income for farmers and local food processors here in the Northeast! For the past 6 years, Crooked Carrot has "boot-strapped" its local food processing business and flagship product line of ferments to statewide distribution from Buffalo to Brooklyn, sourcing 100% of its fresh ingredients from over 20 local farms (Certified OG, CNG, or NOFA-NY Farmers' Pledge). Founder Silas Conroy and
production manager Anna McCown of the Crooked Carrot will present on all aspects of commercial fermentation from start to finish: sourcing, basic techniques and equipment, product design, marketing, and financial
management of a fermentation business--taking a deep look at "the
numbers" from Crooked Carrot's record-keeping. The fee to attend is
$30/person. For more information please visit:

Guest Speaker bio:

Silas studied Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State University before beginning a career in local food systems work in 2006, spending time working "on the ground" in diverse positions throughout community-based food systems: from professional kitchen management for local foods restaurants to distribution logistics and driving truck to managing organic vegetable production. In 2011, he and founding partners Johanna and Jesse Brown started the Crooked Carrot, a local foods processing business based in Ithaca, NY using traditional preservation methods such as fermentation and sourcing 100% of its fresh ingredients from local, ecologically-minded farms. Silas is most energized by problem-solving in the food system, constantly looking for products, enterprises, businesses, and educational opportunities that empower more people in relocalized, more self-reliant community-scale food systems.

Fee

$30

Learn More

https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/GrowandSellyourOwnFerment_244

Last updated October 11, 2016