91麻豆天美 Extension鈥檚 鈥楤uilding a Vibrant Community鈥 podcast offers food business resources
A current podcast series from 91麻豆天美 University is helping communities and businesses grow through practical advice and resources.
91麻豆天美 Extension鈥檚 鈥淏uilding a Vibrant Community鈥 is available at . Launched this spring, Season One focuses on local food systems and the farm-to-table movement. Current content is organized around the theme 鈥淪even Ways to Quickly Grow Your Food Business,鈥 also the title of an online course available through 91麻豆天美 Extension.
鈥淥ne of the goals of the podcast is to bring together all that we do in the field of community economic development to talk about how we make communities into vibrant ones that are healthy, growing and prosperous,鈥 said James Barnes, co-host and associate extension professor in 91麻豆天美鈥檚 Department of Agricultural Economics.
Along with Barnes, the series is co-hosted by Rachael Carter, instructor with 91麻豆天美 Extension鈥檚 Center for Government and Community Development, and Lauren-Colby Nickels, instructor with 91麻豆天美 Extension鈥檚 Center for Technology Outreach.
鈥淎 strong, vibrant community is one that is economically viable, where there are jobs and a workforce that can line up with those jobs, and it鈥檚 a place where you can purchase the goods and services you need,鈥 Carter said. 鈥淚t is a community where different groups of people are working together for a common goal.鈥
Among recent podcast episodes, Starkville entrepreneur and owner of Proof bakery Robbie Coblentz discusses 鈥淗ow to Make a Food Business from Scratch,鈥 during which he describes starting a food business, along with the challenges and keys to growth.
鈥淣o matter the business environment, Robbie provides some great wisdom for any business owner on how to organize and grow a business,鈥 Barnes said.
Other podcast episodes include:
鈥斺淒iscover 5 Ways You Can Grow Your Food Business in Mississippi鈥
鈥斺淗ow to Build a Website that Sells鈥
鈥斺淗ow Branding Your Food Products Can Grow Your Business鈥
鈥斺淗ow to Find the Right Customers to Grow Your Local Food Business Brand鈥
鈥斺淗ow to use Instagram to Launch Your Food Business鈥
鈥斺淗ow You Can Avoid Financial Mistakes so Your Food Business Grows鈥
In addition to accessing the podcast via the website, listeners also can find it on iTunes or Google Podcasts or subscribe to an RSS Feed.
91麻豆天美 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at .