Recruitment Efforts and Catskills Kitchen

AG JOB FAIRS

In 2018, CCE Sullivan responded to the needs of the farming community by developing an ag-focused job fair at SUNY Sullivan (pictured below). Due to the pandemic, our efforts shifted virtually. Hopefully the job fair can transition back to in-person for 2022. For our job fairs, CCE Sullivan staff work directly with farmers to develop job postings or invite interested agricultural related businesses to attend the job fair in person or virtually. Outreach is conducted to the public, including area high schools. Students are invited to attend the event and we have organized coinciding farm tours for them as well, such as the tour of Hope Farm in 2018 (bottom right).

Looking for an agricultural job or want to post one? Visit:

www.sullivancce.org/agriculture/agriculture-jobs

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The Catskills Kitchen is a shared-use commercial incubator kitchen for small scale food producers to develop, test, and produce value-added products. Users are provided with hands-on assistance through recipe development and NYS Ag and Markets and Department of Health licensing and regulations requirements to bring safe, value added, profitable food products to market. Since the Catskills Kitchen was launched in 2015 over two dozen workshops have been offered and staff provided support for over 500 entrepreneurs and 18 new businesses. provided

SPOTLIGHT ON: FOOD TRUCKS

The Catskills Kitchen is home to successful Sullivan County food businesses. T Through the business incubator program, the Chick E Ribs, Local Lady, and T Catskill Food Trucks received technical assistance from the program allowing them to utilize the kitchen to start their successful businesses.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Entrepreneurial Training for Food Businesses SPOTLIGHT

CCE Sullivan offered a 6-week training series for existing and new food businesses. Local and regional experts provided step-by-step guidance to empower their businesses for success. The program offered participants pathways to funding and other support services and resources to improve and expand operations. Graduates of the program are eligible for low-interest loans through the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development, to buy capital goods like machinery, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.