Event

South Sound Farm to Fork

High consumer demand for fresh, local food has translated to an increased interest in local food procurement, but sometimes it's not easy to create the business relationships needed to get food from the farm to the fork. During this one-day event, farmers and ranchers will connect with restaurant chefs, grocery retailers, specialty food store owners, food service operators, institutional buyers, food processors, and distributors to cultivate partnerships.

Agenda:
> Sharing key findings from the South Sound Food System Assessment
> Panel discussion highlighting innovative marketing tools and techniques that have been used to create local business-to-business relationships between local food producers and buyers
> Structured networking between food producers and buyers
> Resource expo and refreshments

This event is sponsored by: WSU Thurston County Extension, Enterprise for Equity, Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, South Sound Fresh Network, Cascade Harvest Coalition, and Thurston County Fair.