The fifth annual Hudson Valley Value-Added Grain School will meet on Friday, Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Pegasus Restaurant, 10885 U.S. Route 9W, in Coxsackie, NY.
The focus this year is on accessing and developing markets for value-added grains, with topics to include current grain market sectors, developing direct markets to consumers, developing a grain-processing enterprise, distribution, capital, and marketing tools. A panel discussion will feature representatives from the milling, malting, distilling and feed sectors. Afternoon sessions will feature presentations by grain-processing enterprises.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/hvgrains2019 by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, for $40, or $60 thereafter (registration includes lunch).
Presenters will include Mark Fisher of Castle Valley Mill in Doylestown, Penn.; Scott Morgan, an organic grower; Brad Estabrook, of Breuckelen Distilling; Dennis and Jeanette Nesel of Hudson Valley Malt; Vince Bruno of Bruno Farms Custom Feeds; June Russell of GreenMarket/GrowNYC; and others.
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