Agricultural and Food Venture Confernce 2001

	Thursday, 5 April 2001

	8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.	Exhibition Setup (Stuac Gym) James Curtis (Exhibition Coordinator), Dr. Christopher Nyberg, Lisa Eklund, and Jim Taylor, SUNY-Morrisville; and Karen Basset, Cornell Cooperative Extension

	1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Registration (Stuac Lobby) Gail Strain and Diane Fuller (Station 1), SUNY-Morrisville Lori Davis and Kathy Carney (Station 2), SUNY-Morrisville Amanda Hewitt and Alison Clarke (Station 3), NYSSFPA

	1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	View of Exhibition and Networking (Stuac Gym)

	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Guided Tour 1: SUNY-Morrisville Campus
		Group meets at the Stuac Lobby at 1:50 p.m. Tour Guide: John Brouillette, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Guided Tour 2: Agribusiness Incubator
		Group meets at the Stuac Lobby at 2:50 p.m. Tour Guide: Sheila Marshman, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	2:00 - 5:30 p.m.	Self-Guided Tours (maps are available at the Registration Desk, Stuac Lobby)
		Bouckville/Madison/Peterboro Antiques Shops Turning Stone Casino

	4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Roundtable Discussion (Labclass 103)
		Outreach and Support of Small Scale Food Processors: Building Collaboration with Cooperative Extension, Economic Development, and Tourism Staff Facilitators: Amanda Hewitt, Corporate Administrator, NYSSFPA; Adele Hayes, Co-owner and Manager, Sap Bush Hollow Farm, Warnerville, NY; and Alison Clarke, Consultant, NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Rochester, NY

	6:00 p.m.	Dinner (Buffet at Seneca Dining Hall)

	7:30 - 7:40 p.m.	Welcome (Stuac Theater) Dr. Charles Blaas, Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY-Morrisville Dave Evans, President, New York Small Scale Food Processors Association

	7:40 - 8:15 p.m.	Keynote Speech (Stuac Theater) Getting to Profitability: A Renaissance in New York State of Agriculture Nathan Rudgers, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Markets, State of New York

	8:15 - 9:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion (Stuac Theater)
		Linking Chefs and Restaurateurs with Producers Kerry Beadle (Moderator), Associate Professor, SUNY-Morrisville
		Supply and Utilization of Local and Seasonal Food Parker Bosley, Owner and Chef, Parker's Restaurant, Cleveland, OH Development of Regional Cuisine Jerry Nash, Executive Chef, Wellington House, Fayetteville, NY Linking Chefs, Restaurateurs, and Producers Tim Pezzolesi, Agricultural Extension Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Canandaigua, NY

	9:30 - 10:30 p.m.	Reception, Networking, and Viewing of Exhibitions (Stuac Gym)

	9:30 p.m.	Informal Gathering at The Fort (Entertainment by Hadrian's Wall, a Celtic Folk Music Group)

	Friday, 6 April 2001

	7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast (Banks lounge)

	8:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Registration (Stuac Lobby)

	8:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Exhibition Displays (Stuac Gym)

	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Plenary Session (Stuac Theater) Jessica Decerce (Moderator), Director, College Relations, SUNY-Morrisville
		Purpose of the Conference Dr. Christopher Lu, Dean, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, SUNY-Morrisville Legislative Initiatives on Agri-business Incubator Bill Magee, Chairman, Agriculture Committee, New York State Assembly Governmental, Agricultural, and Food Programs on Economical Development Rick Zimmerman, Deputy Commissioner, and Partick Brennan, Special Assistant for Agricultural Economic Development, Department of Agriculture and Markets, State of New York Agricultural and Food Entrepreneurship Initiatives at SUNY-Morrisville Dr. Ray Cross, President, SUNY-Morrisville

	10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Break

	10:45 - 11:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
		Business Planning for Food Entrepreneurs (Labclass 103) Jim Putnam, Senior Consultant, First Pioneer Farm Credit, Enfield, CT - Moderator: James VanRiper, Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, SUNY-Morrisville Packaging Food Products for Marketing (Labclass 105) John Kohan, President and Owner, Food Tech, Poughkeepsie, NY - Moderator: Douglas Nelson, Chair, Department of Agricultural Engineering, SUNY-Morrisville Food Product Labeling (Labclass 112) Jim Chenot, Greenbush Tape and Label, Albany, NY - Moderator: John Brouillette, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville Mentoring for New and Emerging Food Processors (Labclass 107) Amy Machamer, Co-owner, Hurd Orchards, Adele Hayes, Co-owner and Manager, Sap Bush Hollow Farm, Warnerville, NY, and Alison Clarke, Consultant, NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Rochester, NY - Moderator: Kerry Beadle, Associate Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	10:45a.m. - 12:30p.m.	Panel Discussion (Stuac Theater)
		Where to Market Your Products Sheila Marshman (Moderator), Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville
		Specialty Distribution Channels Gary Comstock, Marketing Director, Butternut Farms, Nicholas, NY Export and International Marketing William Kimball, Department of Agriculture and Markets, State of New York Internet Marketing Robin Connell, Management Supervisor, Eric Mower and Associates, Syracuse, NY Going Direct Mark Bitz, President and CEO, Plainville Turkey Farms, Plainville, NY Consumer Trends Cynthia Barstow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

	11:45a.m.-12:30p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
		Networking with Artisanal Farms (Labclass 103) Parker Bosley, Owner and Chef, Parker's Restaurant, Cleveland, OH - Moderator: James VanRiper, Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, SUNY-Morrisville Artisanal On-Farm Cheese Production (Labclass 105) Tracy Frisch, Director, Regional Farm and Food Project, Albany, NY - Moderator: Douglas Nelson, Chair, Department of Agricultural Engineering, SUNY-Morrisville Delectable Attractions: Local Lures that Tourists Crave (Labclass 112) Linda LaRosa-Mosner, Marketing Education Coordinator, Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Project, Norwich, NY - Moderator: John Brouillette, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville Product Liability Insurance (Labclass 107) D. Sam Witherwax, Rose and Kiernan Inc., NY - Moderator: Kerry Beadle, Associate Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	12:30 - 1:45 p.m.	Buffet Lunch and Networking (Seneca Dinning Hall)

	2:00 - 2:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
		Capital Acquisition and Debt Service for Food Entrepreneurs (Labclass 112) Steven Markley, Vice President, Small Business Banking, Key Bank, Syracuse, NY - Moderator: Dr. Christopher Nyberg, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville Building Your Agribusiness Through E-Commerce (Labclass 103) Trisha Torrey, Marketing Specialist, Eric Mower and Associates, Syracuse, NY - Moderator: Peter LaMacchia, SUNY-Morrisville Access to Ethnic Food Markets (Labclass 105) Dr. Joe Regenstein, Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Moderator: Tim Penix, Director of Institutional Diversity, Placement, and Transfer, SUNY-Morrisville Regulations and Food Safety for New Processors (Labclass 107) Dr. Olga Padilla-Zakour, Director of the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Moderator: Paul Crovella, Associate Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	2:00 - 3:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion (Stuac Theater)
		Identification of Funding Sources Douglas Nelson (Moderator), Chair, Department of Agricultural Engineering, SUNY-Morrisville
		Entrepreneur's Perspective Patricia Laino, Executive Director, Entrepreneur Center of Business Institute, Utica, NY Access to Funding from NESARE David L. Holm, Program Manager, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, Burlington, VT State Legislator's Perspective Bill Magee, Chairman, Agriculture Committee, New York State Assembly Access to Funding Sources of the USDA Nancy New, Program Division Director, USDA Farm Service Agency, Syracuse, NY

	3:00 - 3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
		New Product Development in the US Food Industry: A Small Business Perspective (Labclass 112) Ian Cuthill, Syracuse, NY - Moderator: Dr. Christopher Nyberg, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Morrisville Dairy Processing (Labclass 103) Tracy Frisch, Director, Regional Farm and Food Project, NY - Moderator: Peter LaMacchia, SUNY-Morrisville Neighborhood Alliance Project (Labclass 105) Hank Herrara, Director, Northeast Neighborhood Alliance, NY - Moderator: Tim Penix, Director of Institutional Diversity, Placement, and Transfer, SUNY-Morrisville Farmers Market (Labclass 107) Bob Lewis, Department of Agriculture and Markets, State of New York - Moderator: Paul Crovella, Associate Professor, SUNY-Morrisville

	3:45 - 5:00 p.m.	Business Meeting of NYSSFPA (Labclass 107) Dave Evans, President, NYSSFPA Amanda Hewitt, Corporate Administrator, NYSSFPA

	3:45 p.m.	View of Exhibitions, Networking, and Adjournment

	Conference Program

	The two-day program of the Agricultural and Food Ventures Conference 2001 was as follows:

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