Bailey to keynote Vermont Specialty Food Gathering on June 9
Chris Bailey of Vermont Smoke & Cure, will join the state’s leading specialty food producers as the featured luncheon speaker at the June 9 annual educational forum & meeting. Bailey will recap the journey of Smoke & Cure from being a local smokehouse in 2006 to become the leading meat snack company in the natural channel.
The popular gathering of Vermont food producers will be held in the Event Barn at the picturesque Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, VT and is hosted by the Vermont Specialty Food Association.
The offering of educational sessions and workshops for its annual meeting includes:
· From Burlington to Boca - Growing Sales & Distribution
· Trends to Watch in "Good Food"
· Supplier and distributor relations
· From production to profit - knowing your numbers
· Capital continuum - sources for raising capital
· Digital trends & tools to manage your online business marketing
· Trend’s in specialty foods
· GMO Labeling Q & A
Joining VSFA this year will be a strong line-up of program participants including Jessie Price, Editor-in-Chief of EatingWell Magazine, Esther Luongo Psarakis of Foodpreneur and Ron Tanner of the National Specialty Food Association. This year’s meeting sponsors are Skillet Creative, Merritt & Merritt and the Vermont Community Loan Fund.
For more information on the meeting, contact the VSFA office at 802-839-1930 or [email protected] or visit www.vtspecialtyfoods.org.
The Vermont Specialty Food Association is a statewide organization representing over 125 food producers and 30 suppliers to the industry. It is one of the nation’s premier statewide associations for the specialty food trade, celebrating 31 years of service to the industry. A complete list of members is available at www.vtspecialtyfoods.org.
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