Cost of Developing Value-added Food Products from Surplus Produce

GS19-218 (project overview)

Project Type: Graduate Student

Funds awarded in 2019: $14,475.00

Projected End Date: 08/31/2021

Grant Recipient: University of Arkansas

Region: Southern

State: Arkansas

Graduate Student:

Morgan Gramlich

Major Professor:

Renee Threlfall

University of Arkansas

Description:

Presented a cost analysis for producing value-added food products from surplus produce at a food manufacturing facility to evaluate economic potential with the implementation of a value-added systems as part of a business model

Type:

Fact Sheet

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Amanda McWhirt, University of Arkansas; Renee Threlfall, University of Arkansas ; Morgan Gramlich, University of Arkansas; Michael Thomsen, University of Arkansas

Target audiences:

Farmers/Ranchers; Educators; Researchers; Consumers

URL:

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/publications/pdf/FSA55.pdf

This product is associated with the project "Educational Resources to Develop Value-added Products from Farmers Market Surplus"

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.