Glen Copack

Thinking about getting in on the agriculture and food boom in New York? Cornell’s Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture recently released a report on innovation opportunities. The report is a roadmap for entrepreneurs with detailed information on resources, funding, barriers, and trends. https://yearly.report/from/

Congratulations to the Glen Copack crew on another A rating from NYS Ag & Markets! That makes 2 solid years of all A ratings! Keep up the good work!

Looking for an on-the-go coffee for your outdoor adventure? Check out Glen Copack's new customer: C.S.Coffee , born in New York, for their excellent coffee and 1% for the Planet campaign.

We welcome back Nickel's Pit BBQ for their 9th season on Franklin Street on April 1st! While you are there, be sure to pick up their bottled BBQ or a hot sauce. Manufactured by Glen Copack! Looking to make your own hot or BBQ sauces? Glen Copack is a premier custom food manufacturer! Glencopack.org

Now Hiring - Full Time Food Worker. Looking for an opportunity to learn skills in a food manufacturing setting? We have a full-time position available in Glen Copack. The position includes paid time off, insurance, and other benefits. We are looking for energic candidates who enjoy working around food with an experienced team of food manufacturers. Apply Online https://arcofcs.applicantpro.com/jobs/1717614.html

Excellent video to commemorate World Down Syndrome Day, focusing on employment and inclusion for people with Down Syndrome.

Thinking of going to the next step of hiring a copacker? This video from Specialty Food Association may help you understand what to look for in a copacker. We at Glen Copack provides complete custom food manufacturing solutions for artisan food entrepreneurs and start-up companies working to bring their product to market. www.glencopack.org

Glen Copack Food Manufacturing, part of The Arc of Chemung-Schuyler’s Business Services Division, reflects on a challenging, yet highly productive year. Along with six other businesses that make up The Arc of Chemung Schuyler’s Business Services Division, Glen Copack offers employment and vocational training opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We started 2020 with the goal of improving efficiency and reducing costs to become a sustai...nable business for The Arc. The year started with us well on our way to meeting this goal; however, the COVID pandemic and subsequent shutdown brought this momentum to a screeching halt, said Wendy Shutter, Director 0f Business Services. We used this period to rethink our workflows and analyze our processes. Through some changes in how we manage a food production, and the addition of some grant funded equipment, when people returned to work, we implemented these new procedures. The people we support are now able to independently run large portions of certain productions, Shutter added. A few notable accomplishments Glen Copack celebrated in 2020 included: receipt of A ratings from New York State Agriculture and Markets during all of our inspections; setting new sales records; the purchase and installation of a 40-gallon braising kettle, heavy duty racking, an electric walkie stacker, and a semi-automatic dry weigh fill machine; and continued customer growth with the addition of new products. These small successes will become the focus of 2021 as we continue to expand our customer base and create work opportunities in food production for people with disabilities, said Shutter. The impact of local food and agriculture on the economy in this region is quite significant and growing. Many economic development professionals in rural communities are desperately working to attract or develop a regional co-packing facility as part of their agricultural supply chain assets, said Judy McKinney Cherry, Executive Director of Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development. Having a co-packing facility in our community is key for ensuring resiliency in our supply chain for agriculture and value-added food manufacturing, and provides entrepreneurs an opportunity to grow or scale up quickly as it reduces their overhead costs. We are focused on growing our young businesses. Glen Copack not only is an asset for our new and growing entrepreneurial companies in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier, it also provides excellent jobs for our residents. I am so very grateful that we have Glen Copack in our community because it plays a significant role in our efforts to build year-round economic resiliency, added Cherry. To learn about how Glen Copack can meet your needs, visit glencopack.org or call (607) 535-6934 x132. Click here for a printable press release. http://bit.ly/GlenCopack2020

The Glen Copack crew has been excited to work with one of our home town favorites, Giuseppe's Ristorante, on bottling their spaghetti sauce. It is always a pleasure to smell their sauce!

Glen Copack was pleased to reach another milestone this month! We had a dry run with 400 pounds of Catskill Provisions pancake mix, completed entirely by people we support. Another job well done!

Thank you to JHDesign - jeremy hogan, llc, and his crew for our new sign. Job well done!