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Recap of the Tours Value ‐ Add Food Processing Conversation IMCP 11/18/2014

Outline • List of the tours • Companies visited during the tours • What we heard? 2

Tours • April 17th and 18th 2014 – Dickey Farms – Gorge Delights – Gunkel’s Orchards – Oregon Brineworks – Blue Bus • Sept 24th and 25th 2014 – Muirhead Canning – Oregon Brineworks – Oregon Cherry Growers – Ryan's Juice 3

Food Industry in Gorge

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What we heard? Needs/Challenges of businesses: • Technical Support: machinery, new technologies, continuous improvements, food processing and others. • Expensive Machinery: Sourcing, funding, operating expensive machinery like “optical sorting” and “brine recovery technology” and others. • Sourcing of Raw Materials: Seasonal supply of raw materials. Storage needs for fresh produce. • Sourcing niche Raw Materials: such as pectin, arrowroot, ginger, caraway seed, organic fruits and vegetables, non ‐ GMO materials and others. • Marketing: How to approach markets? Marketing strategies? 15

What we heard? Needs/Challenges of businesses, continued: • Distribution: Challenges in distributing local products. • Food Safety: GAPs, GMPs, HACCP and other certifications, need to better understand regulations, challenges in meeting standards and others. • Contracts: Forward contracts, contracts between packers/product makers and others. • Inventory Management: Quickbooks training and others. • By ‐ products Utilization: Pomace and others. • Aging Equipment: How to handle old equipment? 16

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