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Upstate Food Hub 2012: A Business Connection Event for Upstate Food Producers and Food Buyers

Monday, January 30, 2012 from 1:30 PM to 7:00 PM (ET)

Greenville, SC

Food Hub 2012: A Business Connection Event for Upstate...

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Food Producer (Farmer, Food or Drink Artisan, etc) Ended $20.00 $1.49
Food Buyer (Chef/Restaurant, Markets, Cafeteria, Institutions, etc.) Ended $20.00 $1.49
Other Food System Organization Representative (Non-profit, Gov't, Community Garden, etc) Ended $20.00 $1.49
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Event Details

Join edible Upcountry magazine, AgSouth Farm Credit, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Upstate Forever and Clemson Sustainable Ag and Greenville Tech’s Culinary Institute of the Carolinas for an exciting, inaugural, business-to-business networking event for Upstate food producers (farmers, food/drink artisans, etc) and Upstate food buyers (restaurants, caterers, markets, value-added processors, schools/institutions, etc.). 

Start 2012 off right with this afternoon half-day meeting of lively, pertinent panel discussion and structured networking, followed by a happy hour featuring our food region’s delicious bounty.

 

Speakers and panelists include*:

  • Dr. Keith Miller, President of Greenville Tech
  • Ron Wilson, Owner of Live Oak Farms and former Chairman of the Board for the CFSA
  • Geoff Zehnder, Clemson Professor and Coordinator of Clemson Sustainable Ag programs
  • Tom Trantham, Happy Cow Creamery
  • Ildi Revi, Leopard Forest Coffee
  • John Zaugg, Buffalo Farms
  • Linda Gschnitzer, Bavarian Pretzel Factory
  • Leland Gibson, Gibson Farm
  • Chef Joe Clarke, Owner/Chef at American Grocery Restaurant 
  • John Aselage, Manager of Organic Agriculture, Amy’s Kitchen
  • Paul Manuel, Director of Food and Nutrition for Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital System
  • Chef Tray Mathis, Owner/Chef The Speckled Pig restaurant group
  • Jennifer Sharp, Director of Nutrition for Greenville County Schools
  • Dick Elliott, Owner of Maverick Southern Kitchens
  • Jim Wallace, Store Leader of Greenville Whole Foods Market
  • Diana Vossbrinck, Upstate SC and Charlotte Regional Coordinator for the CFSA
  • Mary Lou Surgi, Director of Blue Ridge Food Ventures
  • Allison Schaum, Principal at Palmetto Ag Consultants
  • Ana Parra, Executive Director of Hub City Farmers Market
  • Don Welborn, Carolina Produce
  • Steve Ellis, Woodruff processing facility and Bethel Trails Farm
  • Sylglenda Saziru Smith, John Smith Hill 

Don't miss this opportunity to get together with other key members of the local food community, exchange business cards, plan for the year ahead and fuel the engine of our local food economy, keeping the dollars at home while supporting healthy, sustainable farming and food practices.

 

See you January 30, 2012 at "The Hub"!

 

*Speaker/panel line up is subject to change.