Local Specialty Crop & Local Food Trade Show

The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is offering our 7th Specialty Crop and Local Food Trade Show. The 2018 Local Food Trade Show is designed to facilitate connections and stimulate business relationships between producers and wholesale buyers of local food, with a focus on specialty crop food products in Massachusetts. At this event, buyers will have the unique opportunity to meet nearly 100 farmers and producers who grow and craft some of New England’s finest foods.

This event is ideal for restaurants, retailers and institutional buyers interested in trading with local food suppliers and who desire to buy more locally produced products from growers, fishermen, and value added producers from Massachusetts and New England.

The Local Specialty Crop Trade Show, Presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR)

Exhibitors will include New England based farmers, produce distributors and local specialty crop producers (products made with 50% or more specialty crops also qualify). Please view the USDA definition of specialty crops here. This Trade Show is funded by the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The deadline to register is February 10, 2018. Please note that booths may sell out.

Exhibition booths are free for specialty crop farmers + producers.

Specialty Crop Farmers and Produers–> REGISTER HERE

Local Food Trade Show

This trade show is open to all non-specialty crop food producers including meat and dairy farms, fisheries, baked goods and other added value producers.

Exhibition booths are $150.00, $25 Discount for SBN Members

Local Food Vendors (Non-Specialty Crop) –> REGISTER HERE

Attendees + Buyers

The Trade Shows will include workshops offering best practice topics around some of the most pressing barriers to specialty crop sales in Massachusetts. One-on-One consultation sessions with industry experts will also be available.

Who should attend?

Any wholesale buyers, who are interested in purchasing Massachusetts or New England-produced food items. These buyers can be supermarkets, co-ops, restaurants, hotels, resorts, institutions, schools, food processors in search of ingredients, distributors, or anyone else interested in local purchasing options.*This event is intended for commercial buyers, not individual consumers.*

Admission is $30, $10 Discount for SBN Members 

Buyers & Attendees –> REGISTER HERE