Local Food Trade Shows

Monday, March 5, 2018
8:30 AM to 3:00 PM at the Curry Student Center, Northeastern University

Local Food Buyers and Producers are Invited to Meet and Begin Doing Business.

The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is offering our 7th Local Food Trade Show. The 2018 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.

Local Specialty Crop Trade Show 
Exhibitors will include New England based farmers, produce distributors and local specialty crop producers (products made with 50% or more specialty crops also qualify). Please view the USDA definition of specialty crops here. This Trade Show is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. Exhibition booths are free for specialty crop farmers and other specialty crop producers.

Local Food Trade Show
This trade show is open to all non-specialty crop food producers including meat and dairy farms, fisheries, baked goods and other added value producers. Exhibition booths are $150.00. *$25 Discount for SBN Members

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.*

Schedule:
7:15 AM – Vendor Set Up
8:30 AM – Attendee Registration Opens
9:00 AM – Welcome Address in the Ballroom
9:15 AM – Open Floor Trading Begins
9:30-10:45 AM- Workshop 1
11:15-12:30PM- Workshop 2
12:00 PM – Lunch will be available
3:00 PM – Trade Show Close

2018 Sponsors

2018 Specialty Crop Vendors

2018 Local Food Vendors

2018 Buyers & Attendees

• Allandale Farm, MA
• Boston College, MA
• Aramark – Boston University, MA
• Aramark – Miss Halls School, MA
• Associated Buyers, MA
• Backyard Garlic, NH
• Baraka Community Wellness, MA
• Basil Tree Catering, MA
• Berkshire Natural, MA
• Bohoy Design
• BostonChefs.com, MA
• Boston College Auxiliary Services, MA
• Boston College Dining Services, MA
• Boston Public Market, MA
• Boston University, MA
• Bull Run Restaurant, MA
• Cambridge Naturals, MA
• Central Mass Grown, MA
• Chartwells/Northeastern University, MA*
• City Feed and Supply, MA
• Daily Table, MA
• Deelo Consulting Services, MA
• Down Island Farm, MA
• Ellie O’Keefe
• Encore Age, MA
• Equinox Food Brokers
• Farm Credit East, MA
• Farm Direct Coop, MA
• Farm Fare, MA
• Forager, ME
• Franklin County CDC, MA
• Fresh Source Capital, MA
• Fruit Center Marketplace, MA
• Haley House Cafe, MA
• Hannaford Markets,MA
• Harvard University, MA
• Hillside Harvest
• Independent Marketing Food Consultant, MA
• In Season Food Shop
• James Albright, MA
• Kuhl, Inc., MA
• Longfellow Health Clubs, MA
• Manna Naturals
• Oxford Graphics, MA
• Pattymacs
• Pemberton Farms, MA
• Pencil One Commercial Photography, MA
• Perkins School for the Blind, MA
• Red Tomato, MA
• Rita’s Hospitality Group, MA
• Sodexo
• Tanuk, Inc, MA
• Tasting Counter, MA
• The Food Loft, MA
• Volante Farms, MA
• Walker Farm at Whortleberry Hill, MA
• Waltham Fields Community Farm, MA

• * Indicates Sponsor, ^ Indicates SBN Member

2018 Partners

Getting There:
The SBN Local Food Trade Show will take place in the Curry Student Center of Northeastern University. The building is located on the Main Campus. There are two visitor parking garages on the Northeastern University campus.