Value-Added Food Product Development

homecanning jars that include green beans, corn, tomatoes, and squash.

Are you a food or farm business owner looking to scale a new value-added product?

Do you work with Washington grown, caught or raised ingredients?

Join WSU for a workshop covering the food product development process. Participants will leave with actionable next steps for developing preserves, sauces, dressings and vinegars, snacks, baked goods, and other value-added products.

Topics include:

  • Current marketplace trends
  • Food ingredients and processing
  • Scaling from the kitchen to commercial production
  • Technical details on food safety
  • Up-to-date regulatory information from WSDA
  • Overview of Small-scale food business aspects (marketing, business planning, and etc.)

Remote, Live Value-Added Food Product Development

January 15, 2027
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

We use Zoom as a teaching platform.  Please make sure you have Zoom downloaded.   Zoom link will be emailed out about a few days before the training. This training will not be recorded.

Fee: $50 per person

Cancellations will result in a cancellation fee of $5. If you cancel within 3 day of the event, no refund will be given.

Please email Cathy Blood, WSU Extension Event Coordinator regarding registration or email Girish Ganjyal, Extension Food Processing Specialist for content questions.