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Farmer/Buyer Networking & Technical Assistance Meeting

April 14, 2014 @ 5:45 pm - 8:15 pm

Free

Are you planning to purchase local food for your business this year? Are you a farmer or specialty producer looking for new buyers of your products?  Come to our networking session to build new wholesale relationships.  Producers have the option of displaying materials and product samples for potential purchasers. The event will also offer mini 1×1 sessions – with Benneth Phelps from the Carrot Project for finance questions, CISA staff on marketing your business, a web designer, Jess Marsh, on what it takes to create or update a website, Erika Zekos from Farm to School, and with Michael Botelho from Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources on the Commonwealth Quality Program. The event is free and open to all purchasers, but limited to Local Hero member producers. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by April 11th to Devon at 413-665-7100 or devon@buylocalfood.org.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This meeting is supported by individual contributors, Local Hero members, and the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program at the USDA through grant 12-25-B-1676. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

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Date:
April 14, 2014
Time:
5:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Cost:
Free
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