9.00 am registration tina hartley & lucy beattie patrick krause hazel gordon · 2014-04-22 ·...
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9.00 am Registration
An opportunity to chat before the course begins.
Tina Hartley & Lucy Beattie
SCF Training Project Managers
9.15 am
Welcome and Introduction to the Seminar
Why diversify?
Patrick Krause
SCF Chief Executive
9.45 am Presenting Your Produce
Introduction to FINDS
Hazel takes a look at Food Law, Packaging, Labelling, Weights and Measures.
Hazel Gordon
Food Industry (North) Development
Services
11.15 am Refreshments
11.30 am Social Media
Rene introduces the role of Social Media in supporting your business.
Rene Looper
Tumids
1.00 pm Lunch
A quick 30 minutes to catch your breath before the afternoon session begins.
1.30 pm Co-operation for Renewable Energy
A look at crofting communities working together to promote renewable energy as a means
of diversification.
Jon Halle - Director
Dingwall Wind Co-op
2.45 pm Digital Inclusion – Cyber-Crofting
Introduction to Citizens On-line
Irene talks about an approach to digital inclusion that can be both powerful and
sustainable giving consideration to the concept of Cyber-Crofting.
Irene Warner-MacKintosh
Digital Participation Co-ordinator
4.00 pm End of Day 1 – Questions and Answers Session
Time for Participants to ask any final Day 1 Questions.
Patrick Krause
SCF Chief Executive
9.00 am Refreshments
9.15 am
Marketing Croft Holidays
Russell introduces new Croft Holidays website and shares his experience of running
a successful self-catering cottage.
Russell Smith
SCF Council Member for East
Sutherland and Caithness
10.45 am Marketing Produce Collectively
Douglas has been involved in the local food sector for the past 15 years and is the National
Development Officer for Farmers’ Markets, he is also Development Manager for “Community Food
Fund” and “Think Local”.
Douglas Watson
Development Manager—Scottish
Agricultural Organisation Society
12.15 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Care Farming
Care Farming as a diversification opportunity.
Toni Clark
2.30 pm Refreshments
2.45 pm Highland Folk Museum
An introduction to the Highland Folk Museum
Graham talks about the history of the Museum and how it has developed. He then introduces
Crofter becomes Crafter Session.
Graham Cross
Operations Manager
3.00 pm Crofter Becomes Crafter
3 Examples of Croft based crafts.
Graham, Lucy and Tina will take you to view and possibly have some “hands on experience”
of 3 croft based crafts.
Lucy Beattie, Tina Hartley and
Graham Cross
4.15 pm Question and Answer Session
Final chance to ask Patrick any questions and an opportunity for the SCF to evaluate their first
Intermediate Seminar.
Patrick Krause
SCF Chief Executive