Please join us for the 2011 Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting! 

Monday, April 11, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Heritage Room at Capitol Lake, 604 Water Street Southwest, Olympia, WA 98501.

Who should come? Farmers, fishers, buyers, local food processors,
vintners, brewers, chefs, bakers, restaurateurs, grocers, community partners, and school, hospital, or nursing home food service representatives.

Focus areas? Connecting producers and buyers as well as looking at how to increase access points for local products, culinary agritourism, farm to school and institutional buying efforts, and what products retailers, consumers, and chefs are seeking.

This event is sponsored and hosted by Cascade Harvest Coalition, WSDA Small Farm & Direct Marketing, USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, WSDA Farm-to-School, and WSU Extension.  

The cost is $10 and includes a locally sourced lunch.    Please register online by April 1st: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/164131  

We hope to see you there!  Questions or late registration?  sarah@cascadeharvest.org 

Past Trade Meetings

South Sound Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting 2010

In 2010, approximately 50 farmers, buyers, and service providers converged in Olympia to make new market connections and discuss how to strengthen our local foodsystem on the Olympica Peninsula and in the South Sound counties.

March 22, 2010, Olympia, WA

9:00am
Opening Remarks and Registration

9:30
New Online Tools for Marketing and Sales
Tim Crosby, Puget Sound Food Network
Erika Polmar, FoodHub

10:30
Breakout Session - Who’s in the Room?
Focused networking

11:00
Diversifying your Revenue Stream
Dan Hulse, owner of Terra Organics & Tahoma Farms will talk about the importance of diversifying revenue streams and how his first year as a CSA farm owner went.

11:30
Prison Sales and Distribution
Tricia Sexton Kovacs, WSDA
Diane Dempster, Charlie’s Produce
Chet and Sukhy Sidhu, Sidhu Blueberry Farm
Joe Williamson, Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Julie Vanneste, Department of Corrections

12:30
Concluding Remarks and Open Networking
 

Sponsors:
Cascade Harvest Coalition
WSDA Small Farm and Direct Marketing Program
WSDA Farm-to-School Program

Contact Information:  Sarah Wilcox, sarah@cascadeharvest.org