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Scale your Progressive Food Business Celebration & Workshop Series
November 22, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PST
An Evening to Celebrate Progressive Food Entrepreneurs
Feeding Growth – it’s about growing a resilient, socially just, and globally significant community of progressive food businesses. Join us on November 22nd 6:30pm at the Lost and Found Cafe to celebrate the graduation of a new cohort of fierce food entrepreneurs and to conenct with Feeding Growth friends, old and new. What to expect?
Engaging conversations with local leaders equipped to change the food business landscape.
Delicious local brews and bites (food includes vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and lactose-free options).
$29 for Feeding Growth supporters / 30% discount for Feeding Growth 2015, 2016, and 2017 workshop series alumni (use discount code FGFAMILY).
Want Details About the Scale Your Progressive Food Business workshop series?
Five workshops that provide practical tips to progressive food companies to reach success. Each workshop follows the proven Feeding Growth recipe: personable food industry mentors share advice; participants engage in hands-on exercises; and the change-makers community connects over tasty local food. The series culminates with a keynote event showcasing you and your products.
Workshop #1 – Brand & Marketing – Sept 27 2018 – 1-5pm – UBC Farm, Vancouver – SOLD OUT
A panel of experts lays out the dos and don’ts of progressive food business branding and marketing, and help you put your positioning statement to the test.
Workshop #2 – Sales & Distribution – Oct 11 2018 – 1-5pm – West 16th Ave Choices Market, Vancouver – SOLD OUT
Our carefully selected panel of industry experts, representing every actor of the supply chain, gives you the inside scoop you need to make good distribution, brokering, and retail sales decisions. Plus, you come out with a clear understanding of your pricing structure by doing some good old math.
Workshop #3 – Sourcing & Manufacturing – Oct 25 2018 – 1-5pm – Faculty Brewing, Vancouver
Quality control and procurement experts walk you through an analysis of your own operations and sourcing – teaching you how to save time, money, and even your sanity.
Workshop #4 – Financing & Growth – Nov 8 2018 – 1-5pm – Vancity Head Office, Vancouver
Our panel of experts helps you nail your investor pitch as well as determine which support option (loans, angel investing, equity partners, crowdfunding) is best for your business values at each stage of growth.
Workshop #5 – Inspiration & Sustainability Celebration – Nov 22 2018 – 6:30-8:30pm – Lost & Found Café, Vancouver
Let’s celebrate local, progressive food entrepreneurs and champions with good food and a special keynote invitee.
Scale Your Progressive Food Business – What’s in it For You?
You walk out of the workshops with loads of practical tips you can start implementing right away. We empower you to make change now!
Your community and networks will explode with valuable, helpful food industry connections. You also get access to Feeding Growth’s active mailing list.
You become a Feeding Growth Alumni, which gets you: free attendance to Feeding Growth Coffee Series workshops; access to UBC Farm Farmer’s Markets vendor opportunities; human resource support via UBC Food Systems Internships; and an open door to the annual Scale your Progressive Food Business workshop series (we all need a refresher sometimes).