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| State | Resources |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Starting A
Food Processing Business? What You Should Know Before You
Get Started (HE-753, New May 1998, Alabama Cooperative Extension System) http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0753/ (PDF version of above) http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0753/HE-0753.pdf |
| Alaska | State food safety contacts for Cooperative
Extension Service, Alaska: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#AK2 |
| Arizona | Direct Farm Marketing and
Tourism Handbook University of Arizona, Agricultural and Resource Economics: http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/dmkt/dmkt.html |
| California |
University of California-Davis, UC Food Safety Website From Kitchen to Market Manufacturing Options Getting Started in the Food Business www.ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu |
| Colorado | Colorado Farm to Market Website: Colorado State University Cottage Foods Website: Colorado Department of Agriculture Resources for Food Processors: |
| Conneticut | Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
(A Partnership of Cornell University and University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| Delaware | State food safety contacts for Cooperative
Extension Service, Delaware: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#DE |
| Florida | University of Florida Center for Agribusiness: http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/agbuscenter |
| Georgia | Getting Started in the
Food Specialty Business, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin 1051: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/business/food_business.pdf Is Your Agribusiness Project Feasible?, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin 1066: (pdf only) http://www.foodscience.caes.uga.edu/extension/documents/IsYourAgribusinessFeasible.pdf Starting a New Food Business Website, with helpful links to regulations and University of Georgia Food Science and Technology resources available to help: http://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/fst/extension/EFS_SNFB.html |
| Hawaii | Some Costs and Considerations
for Establishing an Entrepreneurial Community Shared-Use Kitchen
or "Test-Kitchen" Incubator, University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service Publication FMT-2: http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FMT-2.pdf |
| Idaho | University of Idaho, Food Science & Toxicology
Web Site Food Processing Extension Programs: http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/fst/food_processing_extension_programs.htm |
| Illinois | Illinois Market Maker, by the University of Illinois Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics: http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/ |
| Indiana | Purdue University, Department of Food Science, Food Processing Environmental Assistance Center: http://www.fpeac.org/ Purdue University, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, Department of Food Science, |
| Iowa | Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Value Added Agriculture website: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/valueaddedag/ Starting a Home-Based Food Business in Iowa |
| Kansas | Kansas State University, Department of Animal
Sciences and Industry Website: Value Added Services and Programs: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/meatscience/ValueAdded.htm Kansas Department of Commerce, Agriculture Marketing Development http://kdoch.state.ks.us/public/agency/divisions/div_details.jsp?divId=997990295060 |
| Kentucky | Home-Based Business: Making
& Selling Food Products in Kentucky, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Publication H.E. 9-100: http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/FCS9/FCS9100/FCS9100.pdf |
| Louisiana |
Louisiana State University, Food Science Department: http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/foodscience/ |
| Massachusettes | Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
(A Partnership of Cornell University and University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| Maine | ‘Thinking of Starting a Food Business’, New England Food Entrepreneurs website: http://extension.unh.edu/nefe/starting_a_food_business/index.html Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneursheip (A Partnership of Cornell University and University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| Maryland |
Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center, including Food Processing in Maryland section http://mredc.umd.edu/ State food safety contacts for Cooperative Extension Service, Maryland: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#MD |
| Michigan | Food Regulations For Small
Home Business, Michigan State University Extension Publication Small Business Bulletin E317921: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/notfound.html |
| Minnesota | Starting a Food Business
in Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Publication: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/news/publications/food/business&marketing/startingfoodbiz.pdf University of Minnesota, Department of Food Science and Nutrition Website - Pilot Plant: http://fscn.cfans.umn.edu/researchandservices/pilotplant/index.htm |
| Mississippi | Considerations Before Starting a Small
Food-Processing Business, Mississippi State University Extension Service Information Sheet 1554 http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1554.htm |
| Missouri | University of Missouri, Outreach and Extension
Website - Missouri Value Added Development Center: http://valueadded.missouri.edu/services.php Getting from Idea to Implementation, Missouri Department of Agriculture AG Innovation Guide: http://www.aginnovationcenter.org/IdeatoImplementation.pdf |
| Montana | Starting A Specialty Food
Business, Montana State University Extension Service Resource Guide: http://www.msuextension.org/nutrition/documents/FoodBusinessResourceGuide.pdf |
| Nebraska | University of Nebraska, The Food Processing
Center Web Site - http://www.fpc.unl.edu University of Nebraska, The Food Processing Center Web Site - Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program: http://fpc.unl.edu/Entrepreneur/index.shtml |
| Nevada | State food safety contacts for Cooperative
Extension Service, Nevada: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#NV |
| New Hampshire | Starting or Growing a Food Business in New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension website:
http://www.umass.edu/nefe/state_specific/state_nh.html
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship (A Partnership of Cornell University and the University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| New Jersey | Rutgers State University, NJ Agricultural Experiment
Station Web Site - Food Innovation Research & Extension Center (FIRE): http://www.foodinnovation.rutgers.edu |
| New Mexico | In the Specialty Food Business, Getting
Started Is No Piece of Cake, New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service News Release: http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/foodtech/ |
| New York |
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship (at Cornell University) http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu New York State Food Venture Center Publications (at Cornell University): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu/ |
| North Carolina | North Carolina State University Exetnsion, Food Entrepreneur Assistance Website: |
| North Dakota | Food Entrepreneur, your
Resource Guide to the Food Industry, North Dakota State University Extension Service Online publication: http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/foodent/fex-2.html Developing a New Co-Owned Agricultural Business: How do we Start a Value-Added Firm?, North Dakota State University Extension Service Publication EC-1137: http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/agecon/market/ec1137w.htm |
| Ohio | Ohio State University, Food Industries Center: http://foodindustries.osu.edu/ Ohio State University, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Web Site - Small Business Series (Entrepreneurhsip, Home Business & Micro Enterprises): http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/busi.html#BCDEV |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Food and
Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center Website: http://www.fapc.okstate.edu/ |
| Oregon | Oregon State university and Oregon Department
of Agriculture Web Site - Food Innovation Center: http://fic.oregonstate.edu Oregond State University, Extension Service News Release (and contact for Food Marketing Specialist) - OSU to Offer "Food School": http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2003/05/osu-offer-food-school-business-course-portland |
| Pennsylvania | Penn State University, Deparment of Food Science
Web Site - Resources for Small Food Processors & Potential Entrepreneurs http://extension.psu.edu/food-safety |
| Rhode Island | Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneursheip
(A Partnership of Cornell University and University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| South Carolina | Starting A Food Business selections from Clemson Extension, Clemson University: http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/food/food_safety/business/ |
| South Dakota | South Dakota Department of Agriculture, Division
of Ag Development Web Site - The Value Added And Crop Marketing Program: http://www.state.sd.us/doa/ag_dev/marketing/crop.htm State food safety contacts for Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#SD |
| Tennessee | Getting Started in a Food
Manufacturing Business in Tennessee, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service Publication PB1399: https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Pages/default.aspx Considerations for a Value-Added Agribusiness, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service Publication PB1642: https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Pages/default.aspx Design and Construction of Food Processing Operations, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service Publication ADC Info #18: http://cpa.utk.edu/pdffiles/adc18.pdf ‘Getting Started in a Food Manufacturing Business in Tennessee’ publication, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (Trace): http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_agexfood/41/ |
| Texas | Texas A&M University, Texas Cooperative
Extension Web Site - Home-Based & Micro Business, Entrepreneurship: http://fcs.tamu.edu/money/your_business/index.php Adding Value to Agricultural Products, Texas A&M University Agricultural Extension Service Publication L-5361: http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=1302 Evaluating Your Value-Added Business Plan, Texas A&M University Agricultural Extension Service Publication L-5438: http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=1708 |
| Utah |
State food safety contacts for Cooperative Extension Service, Utah: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#UT |
| Vermont | Northeast center for Food Entrepreneurship (A Partnership of Cornell University and University of Vermont): http://necfe.foodscience.cornell.edu |
| Virginia | State Extension Food Business publications: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/category/food-business.html Virginia Tech Food Innovations Program to help entrepreneurs: http://www.fcs.ext.vt.edu/fnh/food-innovations/index.html |
| Washington | Producing Value-Added Products
for Market: Start with Food Safety, Washington State University Cooperative Extension Publication EB-1902: http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1902/EB1902.pdf Washington State University School of Food Science Web Site http://www.sfs.wsu.edu/ |
| West Virginia | State food safety contacts for Cooperative
Extension Service, West Virginia: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/directories/food/list.cfm#WV |
| Wisconsin |
University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension: Food and Value Added Agriculture Web Site http://fyi.uwex.edu/aic/ |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Business Council Web Site - Promoting Products "Made in Wyoming": http://www.wyomingbusiness.org/business/agri University of Wyoming, Small Business Development Center website: http://www.wyomingentrepreneur.biz/ |
The original version of this page written by Brian A. Nummer, Ph.D. and Elizabeth L. Andress, Ph. D., National Center for Home Food Preservation, June 2006. Revised March 22, 2013.
This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Deparment of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 00-51110-9762.
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