Registration is now open for the 2014 Local Food Trade Show!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
Registration is now open for the 2014 Local Food Trade Show!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Northeastern University
Local Food Buyers and Producers are Invited to Meet and Begin Doing Business. Click HERE to register today.
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is offering its third Local Food Trade Show. The 2014 Local Food Trade Show is designed to facilitate connections and stimulate business relationships between producers and wholesale buyers of local food, with a focus on specialty crop food products in Massachusetts.
This event is ideal for restaurants and institutional buyers interested in trading with local food suppliers and who desire to buy more locally produced products from growers, fishermen, and value added producers from Massachusetts and New England.
The event is sponsored by Northeastern University, the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MassGrown), Boston Organics, Prism Energy Services and Edible Boston Magazine. Our partners for this event are Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) and Health Care Without Harm.
Click HERE to see the latest 2014 Trade Show Exhibitors!
Event Itinerary:
- 7:30am – 9:45am Set-up for Exhibitors
- 7:30am – 8:30am Registration
- 8:30am – 9:45am Buyer Seminar
- 9:45am – 12:00pm Trade Show (Open Floor Trading)
- 12:15pm – 1:30pm Producer Seminar
- Optional Lunch can be pre-ordered and will be available to pick up from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm
The Seminar Series will offer topics addressing best practices around some of the most pressing barriers to local food sales in Massachusetts as identified at our previous Trade Shows. While both seminars are open to everyone, the first seminar will mainly be targeted to wholesale buyers, whereas the second seminar will mainly be geared towards producers.
- The Buyer Seminar will be facilitated by Holly Fowler of Northbound Ventures, LLC. Holly is the Co-founder & CEO of Northbound Ventures, LLC a Somerville, MA-based advisory firm specializing in building sustainable communities and food systems with institutions, organizations, entrepreneurs, and investors.
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The Producer Seminar will be facilitated by Kate Petcosky and Eva Agudelo of New Entry Sustainable Farming. New Entry works locally, regionally and across the country to strengthen local food systems by supporting new farmers.
The Trade Show portion of the event will allow producers to highlight their products to potential buyers, with a focus on wholesale relationships.
Who should attend?
Any wholesale buyers, who are interested in purchasing Massachusetts or New England-produced food items. These buyers can be supermarkets, co-ops, restaurants, hotels, institutions, schools, food processors in search of ingredients, distributors, or anyone else interested in local purchasing options.
*This event is intended for commercial buyers, not individual consumers.*
Getting There:
The SBN Local Food Trade Show will take place in the Indoor Quad and Ballroom in the Curry Student Center of Northeastern University. The Center is located on the Main Campus here. Find directions here. Please click here for a campus map.
Parking:
A parking permit for the Renaissance Garage can be preordered for a discounted rate of $11.00. Renaissance Garage, 835 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02120