From Kitchen to Customer: Starting Your Food Business the Right Way

This session walks aspiring food entrepreneurs through essential steps of launching and growing a value-added food business in Mecklenburg
About this Event

This session on August 20th walks aspiring food entrepreneurs through the essential steps of launching and growing a value-added food business in Mecklenburg County. Topics include understanding product risk categories, navigating home versus commercial processing requirements, identifying the right kitchen or facility, and decoding the regulatory landscape (NCDA&CS, FDA, and USDA). Participants will also learn the building blocks of food business development — from costing and pricing to labeling compliance and micro-batch testing — with practical guidance on how to take their next steps confidently.

Instructor: Haley Williams M.Ed., MSW FCS Agent – Agribusiness Development, Financial Literacy & Workforce Development N.C. Cooperative Extension – Mecklenburg County

This event is powered in partnership through the NC Cooperative Extension and Amplify Davidson.

Amplify Davidson is a small business and entrepreneur support initiative created through a partnership between the Town of Davidson and the Hurt Hub at Davidson College.