OCTA

Register NOW for this year’s Business to Business Local Food Networking Event: SOURCE IT HERE!  Your chance to meet and mingle with stakeholders in the local food value chain.

Local Food Champion Awards

Do you know a business who is working hard to bring more Local Food to Local Plates? We are awarding businesses from 6 different categories within the Local Food Value Chain.  Nominate your Local Food Champion now! Deadline February 17, 2012. Click here for more information and Nomination Form.

AGENDA

12:30pm Panel Discussion

Dr. Andreas Boecker
Associate Professor
Department of Food,
Agricultural & Resource
Economics, FARE
University of Guelph

Chris Jess
Centre Wellington
District High School, Fergus

Jean Beauchemin
Morton’s Wholesale Ltd.

Cori Claus
The Harvest Table

Trish Scott
Whisperin Meadows

Josh Whitehead
Green Table Foods

3:15pm Cafe Klatsch (Breakout Discussion Sessions)

• Distribution: Next Steps In Our Region
• Knowing Your Costs, The Pieces Of The Profit Pie
• Smart Marketing For Your Business
• How To Get Local Food Into Broader Public Sector Institutions

4:00 pm
Keynote Address
Sustaining Value Chains . . . Priceless
Dr. Ralph Martin
Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production, University of Guelph