STURBRIDGE, MA — Due to the recent snowstorms, the early registration for the 2015 Harvest New England Conference and Trade Show: Direct Marketing to Diversified Wholesale: Finding What Works For You has been extended until Monday, Feb. 9.

A few of the conference highlights and scheduled workshops include:

Two Keynote Sessions: Produce marketing expert, Jonathan Raduns: Overcoming the Five Dangerous Trends Limiting New England Farm Profits and Nancy Clark: The Power of Millennial Thinking

All day tracks on Wednesday for agricultural commission members and farmers market managers

Two day track of workshops with a focus on Working with Institutions through various market venues sponsored by Farm to Institution New England

USDA - Agricultural Marketing Service Representatives with information on signing up for USDA programs.

A sampling of the workshops:

Power Branding and Professional Sales Secrets of Dynamic Farm Marketers
Farm to Institution Nuts and Bolts — Shop Talk with Sector Leaders
Visual Merchandising 101: Display Strategies and Techniques to Drive Food and Farm Sales
Working with Food Hubs and Processing Centers
The Art of Fearless Storytelling
Unpacking the Distribution Dilemma
Keys to Success in Value-Added Product Development and Marketing
Savoring the Farm to Table Experience
And many more...

Visit the conference website for complete agenda, workshop descriptions and speakers. Take a look at the promotional brochure mailer, too.

Register by midnight on February 9 to get:

— Access to all general and breakout sessions – more than 30 in total

— Two locally grown lunches

— Access to the trade show

— An invitation to the trade show reception

Additional representatives from the same business pay $75. One day registration options are also available.

As of February 10, a full registration goes up to $125.

For the full conference agenda and to register go to www.regonline.com/2015hneconference.

Harvest New England (HNE)is a cooperative marketing program created by New England's state departments of agriculture in 1992. It has sponsored this regional conference since 2007.