Do you have an idea for a food enterprise that you'd like to create or expand? Join this workshop to start exploring useful business planning tools and approaches, which will be underpinned by case studies from around the local food sector.

• What alternative food enterprise models exist, where they are found in the food chain, and what their key business features are, including veg box schemes, farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture
• We’ll explore and use some simple tools that can get your business planning started
• How/Why/What: a tool for purpose-driven businesses.
• The Business Model Canvas: a tool to help understand your ‘value proposition’ and the resources you may need to create it.

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• An improved understanding of different models of food provision.
• A better understanding of how alternative models of food provision connect and work together.
• The beginnings of a business plan for your food enterprise idea.