Connecting Wholesale Buyers and Producers of Local Food

The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is excited to announce its fourth Local Food Trade Show to connect local specialty crop growers and other local food producers to wholesale buyers such as retailers, institutions and restaurants. The event will feature open floor trading between wholesale buyers and producers of local food and include a series of morning and afternoon workshops addressing best practices and innovative ways of local trading between producers and buyers of local food. Topics include case studies, Food Hubs, working with the “middle man”, sales strategies, marketing, and more. The Local Specialty Crop Trade Show is made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MassGrown). 

Sponsors:

• MDAR
• Costa
• Northeastern University
• Edible Boston

Partners:

• Boston Food & Farm PBC
• Farm to Institution New England – FINE
• CISA
• Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
• HealthCareWithoutHarm
• New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Registration Links:

Specialty Crop Vendor –> http://tinyurl.com/nks6tsw
Non Specialty Crop –> http://tinyurl.com/o653jnm
Attendees –> http://tinyurl.com/nks6tsw