Small Business Development Center offers insights, experts on how to grow agribusiness
~ Press release provided by Laurel Ridge Community College
The Laurel Ridge Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is providing a chance for those aspiring to develop an agribusiness to connect and learn from those already in the industry. The half-day 2025 Agribusiness Conference begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Corron Community Development Center on Laurel Ridge’s Middletown Campus.
Attendees can select to attend sessions covering various topics, including risk management, land preservation tools, rules and regulations, business plans and recordkeeping, and public funding and cost-sharing opportunities. Representatives from the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District, the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, farm owners, attorneys and accountants are among the presenters.
Shane Waller with Star in the Valley Estate Winery, Janel Louk with Nana’s Blue Greenhouse, Scott Johnson with Shawnee Springs Market & Cannery, Dayna Geraghty with Geraghty’s Micro Farm and Tyler Wegmeyer with Wegmeyer Farms will share their growth stories and the lessons they’ve learned in the closing keynote.
The conference, which is sponsored by Horizon Farm Credit and TWG Insurance, is free to attend. Lunch will be provided by Jordan Springs Market.
“This is the second year we are putting this event together to support our local agricultural businesses,” said Laurel Ridge SDBC Director Andy Gyurisin. “We are honored to provide this opportunity to anyone thinking of starting an agribusiness, as well as those seasoned entrepreneurs.”
To register, please visit https://laurelridgesbdc.org/conference/2025-agribusiness-conference/.
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