Finding niche markets topic of farm workshop

ELLSWORTH – Want to explore new methods for selling those agricultural products? Seeking new customers? If so, this is the workshop that may get results.

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold an educational workshop to explore new avenues for customer development from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 8, at the Hancock County Extension Office, Boggy Brook Road, Ellsworth.

The workshop will help to add value to sales, find niche markets, attract tourists, co-market products, and more.

Panelists will be Nancy Raye, of Raye’s Mustard Seed Farm, Eastport; Lea Sullivan, Katie’s Candies, Robbinston; Courtney and Woody Haight, Haight Farms, Blue Hill; and John O’Keefe, Rocky Ridge Perennials, East Orland.

To register, call the Hancock County Extension office at 1-800-287-1479, or 667-8212; or the Washington County Extension office at 1-800-287-1542, or 255-3345.