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FRESH CONNECTIONS
Local Food Growers & Buyers Expo
Monday, FEBRUARY 8, 2010, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
A unique networking opportunity for food growers and food buyers to make connections to each other and to those who are committed to creating a healthy, seasonal and regional food economy.
AGENDA
10:00-3:00 - Food buyer and seller introductions, networking opportunities and business connections. Bring your business cards!
Check out the display tables of farmers, businesses and organizations doing food/land-based work. Or market yourself and bring your own tables, signs and promotional material.
12:00-1:00 - Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Cecilia Ciepiela, President of AISDevelopment, a Taos-based economic development consultancy firm. She will address the "Value Chain Approach to Business" which is the methodology that will be used for the Farm to Restaurant Project funded by the USDA.
1:00-3:00 - Curbside Consulting offering attendees private 20-minute appointments with local experts in business, marketing, land use, and finance.
COST: (includes lunch)
FREE TO FARMERS & FOOD PRODUCERS whether you want to display or attend. Thanks to the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
$10 FOR FOOD BUYERS AFFILIATED WITH A RESTAURANT.
$15 FOR ALL OTHER ATTENDEES
$75 FOR DISPLAY SPACE includes 2 for lunch
MUST REGISTER ON THE BUTTON BELOW to be involved whether attending, displaying or volunteering!
Sponsored in part by: USDA, edible Santa Fe, Santa Fe Farmers Market, Stokes Family Foundation and Santa Fe Community Foundation
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