Sustainability Criteria for Produce & Grain Producers
Sustaibability Criteria for Meat Producers
3rd Annual Commerce Day
When: Monday, January 28, 2008, 8:30 am
to 4:30 pm
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, 2023 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT (19th & Commerce Way)
Fee: $50 ($25 for current Farm to Restaurant & Market Connection members)
Commerce Day facilitates sales between sustainable producers and culinary and natural food outlets and farmers markets.
Commerce Day will begin with an update on the Montana Food for Montanans Initiative, followed by break-out sessions of producers, buyers and farmers market organizers. Topics will include but not be limited to:
Producers
Affordable Health Care Options
Sustainability Criteria
Pricing/Margins
What Works (or Doesn't)
Buyers
Ordering Options
Increasing Supply
Preserving the Bounty
Farmers Market Organizers
Food Stamps for Your Market
State Farmers Market Association
Sharing Approaches
After the break-out sessions, everyone will come together for a presentation on a sustainable producer/buyer success story with a 5-year track record. A networking lunch will follow featuring local, sustainably-produced menu items prepared by Chef Heather Kahler, Executive Chef at the Hilton Garden Inn.
The afternoon will once again feature the popular "speed dating." Buyers and farmers market organizers will be situated throughout the facility. Producers will meet individually with buyers and where appropriate, negotiate marketing agreements. CNR is encouraging producers to bring samples of their products.
CNR has worked with the Community Food Co-op to develop a star rating systems for products to reflect the qualities most desired by consumers, ie: Local, Organic, Sustainable and/or Nothing Added. If you are a producer, please update the above referenced sustainability critiera (one for Produce & Grain Producers, one for Meat Producers) and send it to CNR prior to January 28, 2008, so we can apply the rating system to your product. The updated sustainability criteria form is required for your participation in the speed dating event.
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 9:25 Update
on the Montana Food for Montanans Initiative
9:25 - 9:45 Sustainable
Food Systems Overview
9:45 - 10:45 Break-out Sessions
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 A Success Story: Wally Congdon of Big Sky Natural Beef and
Chef Heather Kahler, Hilton Garden Inn
12:00 - 12:15 Evaluations
12:15 - 1:30 Networking Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 Speed Dating
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