By Lissa Harris
3/16/10 - 3:40 pm
If you're a farmer, odds are you don't have $100,000 in your back pocket for an M.B.A. But you've got business problems that would keep Warren Buffett up at night. How do you get your perishable wares to eaters (and, of course, buyers) of food? Finding the best path for a gallon of fresh milk or a crisp sweet apple to take from farm to table is a riddle that vexes longtime farmers and young guns alike. It's also the topic of Farm to Market Connection, a networking conference that's being held in Liberty this Sunday. We tracked down event organizer Challey Comer, farm to market manager of Pure Catskills, a local food campaign run by the Watershed Agricultural Council.
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