Who it’s for
If you grow it, cook it, sew it or sell it, this is the program for you.
Growers
Small farms and backyard growers taking produce to market, and anyone working land in the valley.
Market traders
Vendors at the New Year and the swap meets who want to trade legally and keep proper books.
Business owners
Restaurants, shops and services, from a first licence to a second location.
The workshop series
Six sessions, run in Hmong and English. Dates, venue and registration for the next series are being set.
1
Getting licensed
Which permits a food, produce or retail seller needs in Fresno County, and how to file for them.
Date TBC
2
Keeping the books
Recording sales and costs simply enough that you will actually keep it up.
Date TBC
3
Taxes and payroll
What is owed, when, and what changes once you hire your first person.
Date TBC
4
Pricing and margin
Working out what a thing costs you before you decide what to sell it for.
Date TBC
5
Getting to market
Farmers markets, swap meets, wholesale buyers and the New Year marketplace.
Date TBC
6
Money to grow
Microloans, grants and the paperwork a lender will ask for.
Date TBC
From the workshop to a booth
The point of the series is a business that can trade. The New Year marketplace is where most of them first do it, in front of the whole valley across four days.
- Get licensed in the sessions above
- Apply for a booth when applications open
- Sell all four days, from 31 December to 3 January