Greenbelt Fund hosting a workshop about the local food value chain
Posted: December 26, 2016
Categories: Food in the News / GoodFoodBites / Opportunities
The Greenbelt Fund is hosting a workshop on January 10, 2017 called Facilitating Connections along the Local Food Value Chain the workshop will be held in Milton from 8:30am-4:00pm. The day is an opportunity to discuss about the local food chain in Ontario and a chance for local food buyers and sellers to network.
The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to:
- Meet local farmers/producers, processors, distributors, chefs, buyers/purchasers and other members of the local food system
- Learn about optimizing nutrition in foods, and recipes for use in long term care facilities
- Learn about how to procure more local foods for your organization
- Learn about emerging or niche local food products
- Learn how to get your local food product listed with a group purchasing organization
- Learn how distributors recommend local food products
- Learn about Ontario Beef’s marketing strategy to capitalize on locally produced foods
- Meet and network with Greenbelt Fund grantees
- Network with long term care professionals and institutional buyers involved with the GHFFA’s Municipal Local Food Procurement project to maximize local food purchases in municipally-operated long term care facilities and cafeterias
- Showcase your local food product as a vendor and provide samples / taste testing to buyers
For more information on signing up for the workshop or having vendor booth please check out the website.