Get ready to go wholesale!
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension at Willow Wisp Organic Farm to learn about grading, labeling, packaging, and food safety processes to sell products wholesale.
Owner and operator of Willow Wisp Organic Farm, Greg Swartz & CCE Ag Production Program Manager, Michelle Proscia will explain how to prepare your farm and products to sell wholesale with an emphasis on food safety standards with time for questions. This workshop will also include a wash-and-pack barn tour!
Following the tour & presentation, stay for networking time with food & drinks provided by Willow Wisp Organic Farm.
More about the speakers:
Greg Swartz has been farming in the Upper Delaware River for 23 years. He has apprenticed on several local farms including Wild Roots Farm, Apple Pond Farm, and Gorynski Ornery Farm. Greg started Willow Wisp farm with Tannis Kowalchuk and leads overall operations on the farm. Greg’s strives to grow high-quality food, improve the farm ecosystem, and employ as many people as possible to show that farming can be and should be the key to economic development in our region. Willow Wisp Farm is a 25-acre farm and NOFA-NY certified Organic, growing vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers.
Michelle Proscia has been an agriculture educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County since 2013. Michelle grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA where she earned a BS in large animal science. In her role at CCE Sullivan, Michelle delivers educational workshops, and offers training and technical assistance to farmers, producers, and consumers in the areas of agricultural production practices, farm and food safety, and farm management practices.
Michelle is a certified Beef Quality Assurance trainer, Produce Safety Alliance Trainer, Licensed NYS Pesticide Technician, and FAMACHA trainer.
https://sullivancce.org/staff/michelle-proscia
This program is co-hosted by the Farm Arts Collective and supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture award #2022-06508, through the American Rescue Plan. Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Contact the office to request accommodations.