Forms & Resources

Client Inquiry Form - For Food Businesses

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

Do you have a food business? Are you looking for production space and/or advising? Please fill out our client inquiry form to schedule a personal consultation and orientation with our experienced food business advisors.

Food Regulations

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

This will help fill in the blanks you have about your food product idea.

Getting Started Guide Checklist

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

This is a resource for Vermont Food Venture Center (VFVC) clients. The checklist will help you get all of the pieces of your business in order, so that you are ready to produce at the VFVC. It's also a useful tool for all food businesses use at they start-up, regardless of where they plan to produce their product.

How to Start a Food Business 101 - Webinar

Business Management, Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

Have you always wanted to start a food business? Are you wondering where to start?
Learn about the aspects of running a specialty food business, and how the The Center for an Agricultural Economy & the Vermont Food Venture Center can support you.

Sell Sheet 101

Marketing

A sell sheet (or sales sheet) is a tool that you can give to a wholesale buyer, to sell your products. They are typically eye catching, easy to read, and so have all of the information a buyer needs to place an order. This tool was developed by CAE to help you create a sell sheet for your business.

Shelf Talker 101

Marketing

A shelf talker is a marketing tool that goes next to your product in a retail store, to help get your product noticed. This tool was developed by CAE to help you create a shelf talker for your business.

Social Media & Marketing 101

Marketing

Why is social media important? What are my marketing channels? This resource was developed by CAE to help you understand the basics of social media marketing, and to identify and understand basic marketing channels.

Tips for Retailers to Promote Local Products

Marketing

This resource was put together to support retailers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are a few ideas for promoting local products (Especially the “non-basic” items). These are ideas we have seen being used around the state, or things we dreamed up and would love to see in action. The tips and ideas are useful any time.

VFVC Draft Storage Agreement

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

This is a resource for Vermont Food Venture Center (VFVC) clients. It is an example of our storage agreement for you to review.

VFVC Equipment List

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

VFVC Equipment List

VFVC Kitchen Rates

Vermont Food Venture Center Materials

VFVC Kitchen Rates

Working With Retailers 101

Marketing

How do you approach your first wholesale account? This resource was developed by CAE to help you learn some best practices as you start to work with retailers.