January 22, 2008
Program Helps Entrepreneurs Start Food Businesses
LINCOLN, Neb. — Many people have a special recipe that friends and family ask them to prepare over and over. How many consider manufacturing that recipe and developing a business? The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Food Entrepreneurship Assistance Program can help make that a reality.
The program, part of the university's Food Processing Enter, begins with a one-day seminar, From Recipe to Reality, which will be offered March 31.
The seminar allows participants to gain knowledge regarding all aspects of starting a food business. They are provided with the tools to make an informed decision concerning their desire to develop a value-added food company.
Following the seminar, participants may choose to enter the "From Product to Profit" phase of the program. During this phase entrepreneurs receive individualized and confidential assistance from food scientists and business consultants with the development of their own business venture.
Kernal Krazy Popcorn of Tecumseh, a food manufacturing business engaged in producing and marketing pre-popped popcorn, is one of many companies to benefit from the program. Owned and operated by Region V Southeast Nebraska Developmental Services, the company markets popcorn to grocery stores and convenience stores in southeast Nebraska.
Bob Kinghorn, director of the agency, and the company business manager, Sonia Kistner, participated in the program.
"Services provided by the Food Processing Center greatly helped us achieve our goal of starting a food manufacturing business. They provided invaluable consultation and resources throughout every step of business development," Kistner said.
For more information on the March 31 session, contact Jill Gifford, manager of the program, at Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 143 H.C. Filley Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0928, phone (402) 472-2819, e-mail jgifford1@unl.edu.
1/22/08-DM Jill D. Gifford
Food Processing Center Manager Food Entrepreneur Assistance (402) 472-2819
 
Dan Moser IANR News & Photography Coordinator (402) 472-3007
Department:
Food Science and Technology
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