Approximately 50 farmers, buyers, and service providers converged in Olympia to make new market connections and discuss how to strengthen our local foodsystem on the Olympica Peninsula and in the South Sound counties.

South Sound Farm-to-Table
Trade Meeting

March 22, 2010, Olympia, WA

9:00am
Opening Remarks and Registration

9:30
New Online Tools for Marketing and Sales
Tim Crosby, Puget Sound Food Network
Erika Polmar, FoodHub

10:30
Breakout Session - Who’s in the Room?
Focused networking

11:00
Diversifying your Revenue Stream
Dan Hulse, owner of Terra Organics & Tahoma Farms will talk about the importance of diversifying revenue streams and how his first year as a CSA farm owner went.

11:30
Prison Sales and Distribution
Tricia Sexton Kovacs, WSDA
Diane Dempster, Charlie’s Produce
Chet and Sukhy Sidhu, Sidhu Blueberry Farm
Joe Williamson, Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Julie Vanneste, Department of Corrections

12:30
Concluding Remarks and Open Networking
 

Sponsors:
Cascade Harvest Coalition
WSDA Small Farm and Direct Marketing Program
WSDA Farm-to-School Program

Contact Information:  Alex Moore(206)632-0606 alex@cascadeharvest.org