By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Apryl Sims was excited to sell 100 bottles of her cold-pressed, fruit and vegetable-based juices to a local store in South Los Angeles. Sims, the owner of Apryl’s Life in a Bottle, received marketing advice from Diaspora Groceries, which helped complete a business plan and refine her product pitch to bring vitamin-rich beverages to urban food deserts.
With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Southwest Regional Food Business Center, Diaspora Groceries has been offering technical assistance to Los Angeles-area food entrepreneurs to launch their small businesses.
The dairy farming Smith family in rural Utah worked closely with Utah State University to learn how to navigate regulations, access grant opportunities, and expand agritourism and local food offerings to preserve Oliver’s Place, their six-generation family farm, and adapt to changing markets.
Source : ucanr.edu