Released October 25, 2010
LINCOLN, Neb. — Food manufacturing businesses continue to develop throughout the country. The Food Processing Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides the nationally recognized Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program, which is specifically designed to assist individuals who want to start a food business.
The program consists of two phases. The first phase is the Recipe to Reality seminar, which helps attendees understand how the food industry works, the challenges they will encounter and the decisions they should make prior to starting a business. Following the seminar attendees may choose to enter the second phase, Product to Profit. During this phase attendees receive individualized assistance through all the steps of starting their food business.
Wanda Bethke is one of the many entrepreneurs who have used the program to start a business. Bethke, of Raymond, S.D., produces a variety of baking mixes made from flax seed as well as packaged whole and ground flax seed. Flax seed offers many health benefits and these products make it easier for consumers to incorporate flax into their diets. Wanda and her husband, Gene Bethke, grow and process the flax seed on their farm.
The seminar is offered many times throughout the year. The next seminar will be held on Jan. 15, 2011 in Lincoln. To register for an upcoming seminar or to receive Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program information, contact Jill Gifford at: Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 143 Filley Hall, Lincoln, Neb., 68583-0928; phone (402) 472-2819, e-mail jgifford1@unl.edu, or visit the Web at Food Processing Center.
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Source: Jill D. Gifford, (402) 472-4067
Writer: Dan Moser, (402) 472-3007
