1999 NYS Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference To Be In Buffalo
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Plans
for the 1999 New York State
Farmers’ Direct Marketing
Conference have been finalized.
The conference will be held at
the Adam’s Mark Hotel in
Buffalo, N.Y. from Feb. 1-4.
With “Marketing For All
Seasons” as the theme for 1999,
the annual conference features a
bus tour, hands-on workshops
and three full days of education
al sessions.
Monday, Feb. 1 features the
annual conference bus tour. The
1999 tour crosses the border into
Ontario, Canada.
Participants are to visit
greenhouse operations, farm
markets with unusual and excit
ing offerings, and even go for a
sleigh ride through the farmland
of one of the markets stops.
For those remaining behind,
there are several hands-on
workshops to choose from, such
as making evergreen wreaths,
dried flower arrangements or
gift baskets.
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Surfing the web, advertising
and food preparation demon
strations round out the work
shops.
Dr. Jennifer Wilkins, senior
extension associate with the
Department of Nutritional
Sciences at Cornell University,
will give the keynote address.
She will speak on building
local food systems in the
Northeast. She’ll follow up her
address with a session on “The
Northeast Regional Food Guide:
how to help your customer eat
right and support local agricul
ture.”
Her talks promise to be inspi
rational as weh as educational.
Following Dr. Wilkins talk
will be two full days of educa
tional seminars.
The topics cover every subject
direct farm marketers need to
market successfully for all sea
sons.
Conference attendees just
entering the direct farm market
ing arena will find fresh new
generation after generation.
Whether your operation is large or small or you simply
like living in the country, we want to do business with you.
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ideas on such topics as how to
price their products, marketing
techniques, and advertising.
More experienced marketers
will also have plenty of interest
ing sessions to attend.
Everything from developing
your own processed product to
adding value with herbs and
fresh cut flowers, as well as
some of the rules and regula
tions regarding petting zoos.
Several other organizations
are to be conducting their meet
ings during this conference.
The NYS Berry Growers
Association will be hosting a full
day of educational seminars on
the opening day of the confer
ence, Monday, Feb. 1.
The NYS Christmas Tree
Growers will be sponsoring sev
eral sessions throughout the
conference on direct marketing
trees, wreaths, and holiday
greens.
The newest association to
form, the Farmers’ Market
- Federation of New York, will be
conducting meetings all day on
Wednesday, Feb. 3. These ses
sions are open to market man
agers, farmers and anyone inter
ested in farmers’ markets.
Also, the Mid Atlantic
Christmas Tree Growers
Alliance will be holding their
retail marketing school on Feb.
3, and then hold over for anoth
.-er full day at the hotel to finish
up on Feb. 4.
An important event at each
year’s conference is the trade
show. The “Marketing For All
Seasons” Conference will once
again sponsor a large trade
show with over 40 vendors all
related to direct marketing of
farm products.
Sofco, as the corporate spon
sor of the NYS Farmers’ Direct
Marketing Association, will fea
ture their wide array of prod
ucts. Many other vendors, from
bakery goods to seed companies,
gift items, packaging, displays,
signage and countless others
including machinery, will all be
spotlighting their wares at this
conference trade show.
If you would like more infor
mation about the 1999 New York
State Farmers’ Direct
Marketing Conference, contact
Judy and Bob Schultz at 716-
484-7300.
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