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Sell Local this Christmas: Preparing your food business for seasonal trade
Sell Local this Christmas
Preparing your food business for seasonal trade
Wednesday 4 November, 4.30–6pm
Thursday 5 November, 9.30–11am
2x free webinars
Are you a food producer or local food hub member looking to develop direct sales this Christmas?
Renewed interest in local food due to Covid-19 could mean booming business, if you get the infrastructure right.
Join us with operations and marketing specialists from the Open Food Network, as well as markets manager Rosie Black of Bowhouse Fife, to discuss:
- Planning and delivering a Christmas marketing campaign, including social media
- Preparing your team
- Preparing your suppliers/growers/producers
- Managing your time: critical dates and timeline
- Managing orders, and avoiding under or overselling
- Common pitfalls, and how to avoid them
- Your questions
Free of charge to farmers, land managers and foresters in Scotland. Booking is required.
Book online
For more information contact Ana on 0793 082 4983 (aallamand@soilassociation.org) or Jane on 0131 370 8150 (jdingwall@soilassociation.org)
Run by Soil Association Scotland with funding from the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (Scottish Government/European Union), with partner funding from Scottish Forestry, Scottish Water, RSPB Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.