Ag Business Development
- starting a value-added business
- new uses, new opportunities
- business topics
- value-added agriculture topics
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ag Business Development Division
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Toll-Free Number:
(866) 466-8283
abd@mda.mo.gov
www.mda.mo.gov
Ag Business Development
Food Products
Resources:
- Missouri Department of Agriculture’s AgriMissouri program, which promotes Missouri products
- The Food Institute
- Food Safety page (USDA)
- Food Processing magazine
- Starting a Food Business
- Informational Materials for the Food & Cosmetics Industry (USDA-FDA)
- Food Marketing information (Fooddude.com)
- Consumer Information Center
- The Food Processing Center (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- National Center for Food Safety and Technology
- Food Online
- Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center (Oklahoma State University)
- Supplying Craft Breweries with Locally Produced Ingredients www.farmprofitability.org/brewery.pdf (pdf)
- The Specialty Cheese Market www.farmprofitability.org/cheese.htm
Organizations and Associations:
- Snack Food Association
- Specialty Food Distributors and Manufacturers Association
- American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI)
- American Wholesale Marketers Association
- Consumer Products Manufacturers’ Association
- Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
- Grocery Manufacturers of America
Examples of Food Value-Added Businesses:
- A Taste of the Kingdom
- Wind & Willow, LLC
- Dakota Growers Pasta Cooperative
- Laura’s Lean Beef
- Grassland Beef
- Niman Ranch Pork
Missouri Contacts for Food Value-Added Projects:
- Sarah Gehring, Ag Business Development, (866) 466-8283