SBN Buy Local Food Trade Show & Seminar
SBN’s 2nd Buy Local Food Trade Show and Seminar took place on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 at Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The event was wonderfully received by buyers and sellers alike. Stay tuned for our blog recap of the event to be posted soon and see below for information on the 2013 Trade Show!
Local Food Buyers and Suppliers are Invited to
Meet and Begin Doing Business
(Scroll down to view list of Buyers and Sellers!)
Event Itinerary:
7:00am – 10:00am Set-up
7:30am – 8:30am Trade Show vendor registration
8:30am – 10:00am Seller Seminar and Buyer Seminar
10:00am – 10:30am Break/Refreshments
10:30am – 12:30pm Open Floor Trading
12:30pm – 1:30pm Breakdown
Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is offering its second Buy Local Food Trade Show and Seminar for restaurants and institutional buyers interested in trading with local food suppliers and who desire to buy more locally produced products from growers, fishermen, brewers, wineries and value added producers from Massachusetts and New England. Sellers are encouraged to offer tastings to buyer attendees. The first Buy Local Trade Show, held at the Seaport World Trade Center in 2010 was well attended and resulted in Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, among others, developing important new relationships with local food producers and farmers. A recap of the event is highlighted here: 2010 SBN Buy Local Trade Show
The 2013 Buy Local Food Trade Show and Seminar is designed to facilitate connections and stimulate trade between local buyers and sellers of specialty crop food products. This event is organized by SBN in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MassGrown), Northeast Marine Atlantic Alliance (NAMA), and Health Care Without Harm‘s Healthy Food in Healthcare Program (HCWH). The SBN Buy Local Tradeshow is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
The Buyer Seminar will share best practices with restaurants, distributors, retailers and institutional buyers with the goal of finding creative and innovative ways to work with farmers and local food producers. The seminar is presented in a panel format and will include leaders who have offered creative solutions and effective change in their business or organization’s purchasing practices to support local food. The goal is for buyers to learn about the available products that they can purchase, obtain a better understanding of the core challenges of farmers and local food producers, and become better prepared to trade with them.
Buyer Panel:
Eero Ruuttila, Technical Assistance and Incubator Farm Site Coordinator, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Anthony Grein, Assistant Director, Cambridge Public Schools
Paul O’Conner, Culinary Program Coordinator, Childrens Hospital Boston
Hannah Mathews, Sales Representative and Marketing Coordinator for Katsiroubas ProduceJamey Lionette- Sales Director, City Growers
Jamey Lionette, Sales Director, City Growers
The Seller Seminar will provide an opportunity for farmers and local food producers to learn best practice strategies for trading wholesale with restaurants, distributors, retailers and institutions. Through a panel discussion led by leading local food sellers and local food buyers, it will offer insights from both the seller’s perspective as well as the buyer’s perspective on how to overcome barriers such as seasonality, quantity and institutional regulations among others which make wholesale trading challenging for small local producers.
Seller Panel:
Niaz Dorry, Director Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (Moderator)
JD Kemp, Founder/CEO, Food Ex
Josh Lewin, Executive Chef, Beacon Hill Bistro
Simca Horwitz, Farm to Cafeteria Coordinator, Massachusetts Farm to School Project
For more information, contact Jessica Boynton, jessica@sbnmass.org, or 603-465-8255.
Trade Show Participants (as of Mar 15):
Sellers/Exhibitors
Aka Marvalicious
Amir’s Natural Foods
Bee Fields Farm
Blue Sky Produce
City Fresh Foods
City Growers
Craqelins
Farmer Daves
Fat Moon Farm
Four Star Farms
Fresh Start Farms
Fresh Meadow Farms
GeorjaJ,Inc
Grandy Oats
Green City Growers
Green River Ambrosia
Harms Family Farm
Heaven’s Harvest Farm
High Lawn Farm
Katsiroubas Produce
Lilac Hedge Farm
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Michelle’s Totally Awesome Gourmet Popcorn
Miles Smith Farm
Mozzarella House
Nobscot Artisan Cheese
Northeast Organic Farming Association – MA
Northern Girl, LLC
Oakdale Farm
Pete and Gerry’s Organics, LLC
PJ’s Cranberries
Pleasant Valley Gardens
Rae Foods LLC
Real Pickles
Red’s Best
Red Fire Farm
Salento Farm LLC
Serving Ourselves Farm
Sharon’s Granola LLC
Sharp Foods
Springdell Farm
South Eastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP)
Stillman’s at the Turkey Farm/Cuisine en Locale
The Farm School
The Herb Hill Farm
Vegware and Microtab “B”
VSC Holdings Inc, dba VT Smoke and Cure
Vision’s Sown, An Ancient Baking Company
Buyers/Attendees
Adam Rosszay
Bartlett’s Family Garden and Market
Basil Tree Catering and Cafe
Boston Organics
Boston Public Schools
Bee’s Knees Supply Company
Black Earth Hauler
Campion Health and Renewal Center
Cape Cod Community Supported Fisheries
Chilly Cow of Boston
City Feed
Costa Fruit
Covenant Health Systems
Dole and Bailey, Inc
Food Corps
Food for Free
Fair Food Fund
Forklift Catering
Good Egg Marketing
Honu’s Hearth
IL Mercato
Mei Mei Street Kitchen
Merlis Restaurant Management Inc
Lilian’s Smokin’ Rack Barbecue, LLC
New England Aquarium
The New England Food Emporium
Nantucket Wild Gourmet and Smokehouse
Nashoba Brook Bakery
Notre Dame du Lac Assisted Living
Nourish Restaurant
Paino Organics/ Number 9 Chips & Salsa
Portland Maine Public Schools
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Sidekim Foods
Sodexo
SomethingGUD
Suffolk University
Sweet Basil
The Barking Crab
Treeview
The Williams Agency
Ula Cafe
UNH Dining
Vicki Lee’s
Volante Farms
Whole Foods Markets
Youville Place
