Welcome........................................................................................

2
Workshops.................. .....................................................................3
Workshop Biographies................................................................4
1:1 Expert Biographies..................................................................6
Specialty Crop Producers...........................................................8
Local Food Producers................................................................14
Attendees...................................................................................20
Sponsors.....................................................................................28
Partners.......................................................................................31
About SBN.....................................................................................34
Upcoming Events .......................................................................35

Set Up.............................................................. 7:15 am - 8:30 am

Registration....................................................7:30 am - 12:00 pm
Welcome Address in the Ballroom........8:45 am - 9:00 am
Workshops......................................................9:30 am - 10:45 am
Open Floor Trading......................................9:00 am - 2:00 pm
1:1 Sessions.....................................................11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Lunch...............................................................12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tear Down.........................................................2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Program & signage printed locally

by AirGraphics
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Welcome to the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts 5th

Local Food Trade Show and 2nd Local Specialty Crop Trade Show at
Northeastern University! We are thrilled that you are joining us today
to learn, network and trade.
Local food is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in
Massachusetts, but it only represents a fraction of all food purchased
and eaten in Massachusetts and across New England and the nation. In
an effort to increase the volume of food eaten by New Englanders that
is grown in New England, SBN has joined with other local food groups
to promote a New England campaign--`50 By 60. This campaigns
mission is to do all we can to ensure that 50% of all food eaten in New
England is sourced in New England by 2060. We are proud to be a part
of this important initiative and our Trade Shows are moving us all in
this positive direction.
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts Boston Local Food
Program, a recognized Buy Local Group, is committed to driving this
transformation, one eater at a time. Through programs and events
like the Local Food Trade Show, the annual Boston Local Food Festival,
Hyper Local and Local Craft Brewfests and more, SBN is joining other
passionate local food groups across the state, region and nation in
making this shift a reality.
We could not do this work without the generous and continuous
support of our sponsors, our partners, our buyers, and our food
producers. Thank you for your participation in transforming our local
food system; and a special thank you to Northeastern University for
their generous use of this space and in-kind support.
Today, we hope you meet new friends, form new connections, learn
new strategies, and discover ways to do more business with forwardthinking local companies. Please remember that SBN is a resource for
you and your business as we all work to grow and strengthen our local
food system. We invite you to join SBN as we work together to build a
strong local food system!
Sustainably Yours,
Laury Hammel, SBN Executive Director
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Does Local Matter? . Room 318

The concept of local foods is not new but revived consumer interest
and the booming local food production and marketing in recent years
reveal one thing: local foods are coming to the marketplace more
readily than ever before. This panel will look at the present, as well as
the future of marketing local food and seafood, the who, what and why
consumers choose local products, what local means to them, how
local is a marketing strategy and the economic impact that buying
local has. Learn how connecting to your community can be leveraged
in your efforts to increase sales, visibility and your business overall
success.
Facilitator: Ali Berlow, author of The Food Activist Handbook
Panel: Noli Taylor - Island Grown Schools, Shira Tiffany - NAMA,
Ismail A. Samad - Daily Table & The Gleanery

Financing for Growth . Room 320

What do I need to know?

This panel is for entrepreneurs who are ready to grow their business
and have questions about the distinctions and types of financing
available to them and gain insights into what might be the best fit for
their business and what they are trying to accomplish.
Facilitator: Dorothy Suput - The Carrot Project
Panel: Alex Linkow - Fair Food Fund, Lisa Sebesta - Fresh Source
Capital, Rebecca Busanksy - PV Grows Investment Fund,
Jose Luis Rojas Villarreal, Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation

Getting In and Staying In . Room 322

Marketing Strategies & Tools to Get Your Products In & Sell Successfully
This workshop will provide practical suggestions about how to get
your product into wholesale, institutional, and retail settings; how to
build relationships with the buyers and procurement teams; and what
you can do to ensure that your product is successful once youre in.
Well hear from retail, distributors, and marketing experts. The panelists
will share strategies and tips for what buyers are looking for; how to
manage and maintain your brand; and what you can do to ensure that
the eaters are excited about and continue to buy your products.
Facilitator: Nicola Williams - The Williams Agency
Panel: Sean Horrigan - NOLAs Fresh Foods, Maggie Battista Eat Boutique, Robin McNamara - Roche Bros.
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Ali Berlow
Ali is the author of The Food Activist Handbook and The Mobile Poultry
Slaughterhouse, both from Storey Publishing. A sought-after speaker and
lecturer, she is also the co-host of The Local Food Report on WCAI/WNAN - the
Cape and Islands NPR stations, the co-owner of Edible Vineyard magazine,
and the founder of the Island Grown Initiative, a grassroots nonprofit on
Marthas Vineyard. Ali lives in West Tisbury, MA and in Putney, VT.
Rebecca Busansky
Rebecca Busansky is the Coordinator of the PVGrows Investment Fund,
providing financing and technical assistance to farm and food entrepreneurs
located primarily in Western MA. She has worked for PVGrows since 2013 and
joined the FCCDC team to coordinate the PVGrows Investment Fund, focusing
on marketing and outreach, maintaining relationships, and liaising with the
PVGrows network. She has an undergraduate degree from Brown University
and has worked in community economic development for over 20 years.
Sean Horrigan
Sean Horrigan is the principal of PR Guy; a contemporary consultancy that
helps food and beverage start-ups grow and prosper through powerful PR,
strategic social media and better branding. Clients include NOLAs Salsa, Just
Add Cooking, MOJO Cold Brewed Coffee, and Uyghur Kitchen. Sean holds a
Masters in Marketing Communications from Emerson College.
Alex Linkow
Alex Linkow leads the Fair Food Fund, a Fair Food Network program that
provides financing and business assistance to food enterprises that connect
small and mid-size farms with consumers hungry for local, sustainably grown
food. Alex oversees the funds investments, including deal sourcing, due
diligence, and raising grant and program-related investment capital. Alex also
manages the funds business assistance offerings, which includes one-on-one
support and an annual Business Boot Camp. Alex has an MBA and masters
in sustainable systems from University of Michigans Erb Institute, where he
focused on social entrepreneurship, sustainable food systems, and marketing.

Farmers at Flats Mentor Farm specialize in ethnic specialty crop production,

selling at 42 farmers markets and supplying wholesale markets in New England.
A program of World Farmers, Flats Mentor Farm has a 30 year history of providing
land and assistance to immigrant and refugee farmers in Lancaster, MA.
We currently have 55 acres of agricultural production.
Joanna Benoit, Marketing Manager jbenoit@worldfarmers.org 978-549-4309
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Ismail A. Samad
Ismail A. Samad is the Executive Chef of Daily Table a nonprofit grocery store
and cafe in Dorchester Massachusetts and Chef/Partner of The Gleanery a
farm to table/nose to tail restaurant and bakery in Putney Vermont. The experience of partnering and gleaning from the local farms in Southern Vermont,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, has added to the many inspirations that
contribute to his culinary repertoire. He painstakingly looks to collaborate
with like-minded, growers, foragers, purveyors, producers and organizations
and is proud of the fact that his menus are directly linked to social impact and
sustainability. From food recovery efforts and local sourcing to food accessibility and food insecurity issues, his culinary artistry remains interwoven with
his moral compass.
Dorothy Suput
Dorothy Suput is the founder and executive director of The Carrot Project.
Dorothys commitment to a sustainable food system grew out of the contrasts
between Midwestern agriculture, with which she grew up, and the locally
focused food and farming system in Switzerland, where she lived after graduating with a BS from Purdue University. Dorothy formalized her commitment
when she returned to the U.S. to complete her Masters degree, from Tufts
Universitys Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning program, by focusing on sustainable agriculture and non-profit management. Following graduate school, she worked as the first regional organizer on the 1995 Farm Bill for
the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group under the auspices of
the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, and subsequently, as a consultant
for the Hartford Food System, Red Tomato, and The Food Project.
Noli Taylor
Noli Taylor is the founding leader of Island Grown Schools, the farm to school
program on Marthas Vineyard. IGS began in 2007, and now brings garden
-based learning, and an integrated preschool through 12th grade food education curriculum to all of the islands public schools and to nine preschools.
Noli also serves on the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture.
Shira Tiffany
Shira Tiffany is a Community Organizer at the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. Shira was a JOIN for Justice Fellow with NAMA in 2014-2015. Shira has
served and worked at various non-profits in the Boston area. She has worked
in the fields at Lexington Community Farm and the Waltham Fields Community Farm. She also served as a Local Initiative Support Corporation AmeriCorps
member at The Midas Collaborative. Shira received a degree in International
Relations focusing on the environment, economic development, Africa, and
the Middle East from Boston University. She is passionate about economic,
social, food, and environmental justice. She currently lives in Jamaica Plain in
Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jos Luis Rojas Villarreal

Jos Luis Rojas Villarreal, Community Group Manager, Massachusetts Growth
Capital Corporation. Jos Luis has been with Mass Growth Capital since 2011,
focusing in supporting micro lending in the state, and expanding the portfolio into disadvantaged communities, food related businesses and near equity
products in the commonwealth. He is currently a member of the Boston Feds
Community Development Advisory Council representing Massachusetts.
Before that Jos Luis was the head of lending at Root Capital that focused on
financing small and growing rural businesses in Latin America and Africa. He
has worked internationally in the UK, Mexico, Ethiopia and Mongolia, and has
served in boards of for-profit and non-profit corporations. Jos Luis has a MA
in International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA from the University
of Pennsylvania. He is bilingual in English and Spanish, is proficient in French
and has some knowledge of Portuguese.
Nicola Williams
Nicola Williams is owner and founder of The Williams Agency, a full service
marketing firm with a focus on sustainable food and culture. Nicola has over
20 years marketing experience with expertise in marketing strategy, concept development, branding, public relations, market research, fundraising
and event planning. Considered a serial food event producer, by The Boston
Herald, Nicola is organizer of some of the best sustainable food events in the
Greater Boston area, including Sustainable Business Networks (SBN) Boston
Local Food Festival, SBNs Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest and Local Craft Brewfest
as well as Boston JerkFest, a Caribbean-style foodie festival she launched
in 2013. Nicola currently serves on the boards of the Sustainable Business
Network of Massachusetts and Cambridge Carnival International, Inc. and is
active in SBNs Buy Local Group and Local Food Committee, Food Solutions
New England, and the Fish Locally Assembly organized by Northwest Atlantic
Marine Alliance. Prior to The Williams Agency, Nicola was a Consultant for
Cambridge Business Development, a non-profit agency whose mission was to
assist businesses to start, develop and grow in Cambridge.

Joe Grafton
Joe Grafton is a Partner at SBN Member Delta Foodservice Group, a mission
driven training and management consulting firm in the foodservice industry,
where he leads the ReThink Restaurants Open Book Training program. Joe is
also a partner and COO at the Together Music Festival, the founder of
Somerville Local First, a speaker for the American Independent Business
Alliance and the Treasurer of SBN. Joe has more than a decade of experience
as a leader, salesperson, technical service provider, speaker, facilitator and
consultant for small businesses and nonprofits.
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Laury Hammel
Laury founded the Sustainable Business Network in 1988, and has been
leading the sustainable business movement in Massachusetts ever since.
He is the owner and president of The Longfellow Clubs a group of health
and recreation clubs in the Greater Boston area- considered to be among
the greenest health clubs in the U.S. Laury provides overall leadership and
visioning for SBN and has been instrumental in founding numerous additional
regional and national networks including Business for Social Responsibility
(BSR) and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).
Mindy Harris
Mindy is the founder of Mindy Harris Communications, a boutique integrated
marketing firm located in the Boston area. She specializes in food & farming,
travel/tourism, international business, government, sustainability, and the
non-profit sectors. Strategy, brand management, media coverage, business
development, relationship marketing, events and corporate partnerships
have been at the core of Mindys consulting work. Mindys clients have seen
media coverage in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Boston Business Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Thrillist, Bostinno, The Rhode Show on WPRI, 98.5
The Sports Hub, Matty in the Morning on Kiss108 FM, The Boston Herald, The
Examiner and dozens of regional and online outlets. Harris holds a masters
degree from Harvard University and a bachelors from Northwestern.
Barry Milenese
VP of Sales and Marketing for Costa Fruit and Produce for over 20 years
Costa is one of the largest independent foodservice produce distributors in
the country with a focus on local since the early 1960s. Costas local focus
is more than just produce, includes a wide variety of locally manufactured
goods and artisanal cheeses. Barry has a longstanding commitment to the
Greater Boston Food Bank, including sitting on their Food Advisory Committee since 1998.
Janet Morgenstern Passani
Janet Morgenstern Passani is a senior brand marketer with over 20 years of
marketing experience specializing in healthy, sustainable lifestyle brands. As
founder of Jute Marketing, she works with a broad mix of consumer products
and services in food, beauty, apparel, home and healthy living. Blending strategy and creativity, she has developed distinctive brands, packaging, digital
marketing communications, events and community outreach for fast-paced
startups and international companies including Rescue Remedy, Smartfood
(PepsiCo) and Stride Rite. As an early adopter of natural and organic products,
Janet brings insights as a marketer and longtime consumer of natural food
and the eco conscious lifestyle. Janet is also founder of BostonEco, a networking community on a mission to further healthy, sustainable living in Boston
and beyond. Janet holds an MBA from Babson College.
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2 Friends Farm, Attleboro, MA

Contact: Ashley Driscoll, Owner
Ashley@2friendsfarm.com
(508) 455-0532
Organic microgreens & wheatgrass

Bluewater Farms, Cape Cod, MA

Contact: Kristine Esdale
info@bluewaterfarms.us
(508) 273-7358
Fresh Pressed Cranberry Juice, Farm
Fresh Cranberry Lemonade, Farm
Fresh Cranberry Sweet Tea, &
Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Abbey Essene, Merrimac, MA

Contact: Martha Muehe, Owner
marthamuehe@gmail.com
(978) 384-0729
Products: Wild daylilies, spinach,
autumn-berries, apples, mint, garlic &
mustard leaf
All Fruit Inc,
Salem, MA
Contact:
Anne
Counihan, CEO
counihana@aol.com
(978) 304-3028
Dried fruit & nut mix

BudiBar, Marblehead, MA
Contact: Nancy Goldstein, Owner
nancy@budibar.com
(781) 991-3411
Camberville Dog Treats,
Cambridge, MA
Contact: Katie Collings, Owner
cambervilledogtreats@gmail.com
(617) 233-9630

Products: Local, organic vegan dog
treats & cat nip

fruit

Autumn Hills
Orchard,
Groton, MA
Contact:
Ann Harris,
Owner
info@autumnhillsorcard.com
(978) 448-8388

Carrs Ciderhouse, Hadley, MA

Contact: Nicole Blum, Co-Owner
nicole@carrsciderhouse.com
(413) 336-7363
Cider
Curio Spice Co., Somerville, MA
Contact: Claire Cheney
info@curiospice.com
(617) 851-3056
Organic & Fair Trade Spice Blends

Doves and Figs,

Arlington, MA
Contact:
Robin Cohen,
Owner
robin@
dovesandfigs.com
(617) 877-2578
Hand-made, locally-gathered jams,
chutneys & fruit mustards

FreshBox Farm, Millis, MA

Contact: Michael Stevens, Sales &
Marketing Manager
mstevens@freshboxfarms.com
(401) 487-1406
Locally grown leafy greens
Just Janes, South Hadley, MA
Contact: Jane Janovsky, Owner
janesky1@comcast.net
(413) 322-8370
All natural jams & jellies with local
ingredients

DRINKmaple, St Albans, VT
Contact: Kate Weiler, CEO
kate@drinkmaple.com
(978) 610-6408
Maple Water
Farm Fresh
Rhode Island,
Pawtucket, RI
Contact:
Hannah Mellion,
Program Director
hannah@
farmfreshri.org
(401) 649-6204

The Kitchen Garden,

Sunderland, MA
Contact: Caroline Pam, Co-Owner
info@kitchengardenfarm.com
(413) 387-5163
Vegetables
MAKOMAS, Revere, MA
Contact: Magbe Savane, President
magbesavane@makomas.com
(877) 787-0059
Beverage

Flats Mentor Farm, Lancaster, MA

Contact: Jessy Gill, Program Director
jgill@worldfarmers.org
(607) 267-0509

Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources, Boston, MA
Contact: Bonita Oehlke,
Market Development
bonita.oehlke@state.ma.us
(617) 626-1753

Fox Point Pickling, Providence, RI

Contact: Ziggy Goldfarb, Owner
ziggy@foxpointpickles.com
(480) 620-5171
Pickles

New Entry Sustainable Farming

Project, Lowell, MA
Contact: Emma Galante, World PEAS
Food Hub & Food Access Coordinator
emma.galante@tufts.edu
(978) 654-6745
Nonprofit assisting beginning,
immigrant & refugee farmers

Fungi Ally, Hadley, MA

Contact: Willie Crosby, Owner
fungially@gmail.com
(978) 844-1811
Mushrooms
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Nobska Farms, Inc.,

Woods Hole, MA
Contact: Rooster
Fricke,
President
rooster@
nobskafarms.com
(617) 480-0876

PJ Cranberries, Sandwich, MA
Contact: Pete Hanlon, President
pete@pjcranberries.com
(508) 367-9951
Cranberries
Red Fire Farm, Montague, MA
Contact: Angie Lavner
thefarmers@redfirefarm.com
(413) 467-7645
Vegetables

Northern Girl, Van Buren, ME

Contact: Christopher Hallweaver
chris@northerngirlmaine.com
(207) 329-5048
Fresh & frozen cut vegetables, readyto-eat salad bar items

Red Tomato, Plainville, MA

Contact: Rozie Schleinig
rschleinig@redtomato.org
(508) 316-3494
Produce, Eco Apples

Old Friends Farm

Contact: Casey Steinberg
grow@oldfriendsfarm.com
(413) 687-5676
Fresh Ginger, Tumeric & Triple Washed
Baby Greens

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Western MA Food Processing

Center - FCCDC, Greenfield, MA
Contact: Nico Lustig, Food Business
Development Specialist
nicol@fccdc.org
(413) 774-7204 Ex 104
Fresh frozen IQF produce

Silloway Maple,
Randolph Center, VT
Contact: Bette Lambert
sillowaymaple@hotmail.com
(802) 272-6249

Woods Vermont Syrup Company,

Randolph, MA
Contact: Al Wood, Owner
woodssyrup@gmail.com
(802) 565-0309
Maple syrups & creams

Terrafunga, Jamaica, VT
Contact: Olivia Winslow, Owner
olivia@terrafunga.com
(800) 507-6093
Mushrooms and more...

Autumn Hills
Orchard

Thirty Acre Farm, Whitefield, ME

Contact: Simon Frost, Owner
thirtyacrefarm@gmail.com
(207) 549-5384
Urban Farming Conference,
Boston, MA
Contact: Patricia Spence
pspence.ufi@gmail.com
(617) 680-5378
www.urbanfarminginstitute.com

Growing quality
fruits and berries in
Groton, Mass.

We Grow Microgreens,
Roslindale, MA
Contact: Tim Smith, Owner
wegrowmicrogreens@gmail.com
(617) 877-0465
Microgreens, edible flowers

Selling direct
and to
selected wholesale buyers
AutumnHillsOrchard.com
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Alexs Ugly Sauce, Roslindale, MA

Contact: Alex Bourgeois, Owner
contact@alexsuglysauce.com
(617) 300-0180
Hot Sauce
Atlantic Saltworks, Salem, MA
Contact: Heather Ahern, Co- Owner
heather@atlanticsaltworks.com
(719) 660-6766
Handcrafted sea salt made in small
batches with water from the shores of
Gloucester Massachusetts
Avas Caramel Popcorn,
Arlington, MA
Contact: Ava Vatsky, Owner &
Confectioner
ava@avaspopcorn.com
(617) 775-1242
Popcorn

Better Life Food,

Newton Upper Falls, MA
Contact: Christopher Osborn, Owner
christopher@betterlifefood.com
(781) 354-2077
Depot Spice season-all
Biggest Little
Popcorn
Company,
East
Providence, RI
Contact:
Roselette DeWitt,
Owner
popcornlady@hotmail.com
(781) 769-4258
Popcorn

Cocoa Sant,
Concord, MA
Contact:
Jen Keegan,
Owner
jenkeegan@cocoa-sante.com
(508) 314-6740
Cocoa Mixes
Cookie Lady Treats, Maynard, MA
Contact: Laura Weinstein, Owner
info@cookieladytreats.com
(978) 298-5754
Cookies, Candy Bars

Copper Kettle Bakery,

Westwood, MA
Contact: Helen Coates, Founder
helen@copperkettlebakery.com
(617) 448-6400
Traditional Welsh Cakes & Mixes
Dirty Dicks
Enterprises,
Norwell, MA
Contact: Richard
Westhaver, Owner
dick@dirtydickshotsauce.com
(781) 254-8291
Hot Pepper Sauce

Dotties Delights,
North Andover, MA
Contact: Alyssa Cohen, Owner
DottiesDelightsDC@gmail.com
(857) 928-4713
Handcrafted Artisan Caramels
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Essentially Coconut,
Saundertown, RI
Contact: Sophia Gartland, Owner
sophia@essentiallycoconut.com
(406) 570-0162
Coconut Butter Blends

Golden Girl Products,

Shirley, MA
Contact:
Deborah OKelly,
CEO
deborah
@goldengirlgranola.com
(978) 425-5058
Wholesale Granola

EvyTea, Boston, MA
Contact: Evy Chen, Founder
evy@evytea.com
(617) 429-5229
Cold Brew and Loose Leaf Teas

Grin Hola, Osterville, MA

Contact: Jason Warren, Owner
hello@grinhola.com
(781) 760-9745
Granola and Cookie Mixtures
Honeycomb Creamery,
Somerville, MA
Contact: Kristen Rummel, Owner
info@honeycombcreamery.com
(302) 528-9886
Small Batch, Handcrafted Ice Cream

Fancypants Baking Co.,

Walpole, MA
Contact: Steven Evancho,
Director of Marketing
steven@fancypantsbakery.com
(508) 660-1140
Handcrafted Cookies

Hosta Hill, Housatonic, MA

Contact: Maddie Elling, Co-Owner
maddie@hostahill.com
Full Sun Company, Middlebury, VT (413) 329-8389
Contact: David McManus, Co-Founder Sauerkrauts, Kimchis, Tempeh
david@fullsuncompany.com
(802) 377-3541
Canola and Sunflower Oils
Giovanna Gelato Inc, Malden, MA
Contact: Eduardo Kreindel, President
eduardo@giovannagelato.com
(617) 320-4647
Frozen Desserts
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Jennifer Lees
Gourmet Bakery,
Revere, MA
Contact:
Jennifer LaSala,
Owner
jenniferleesgourmetbakery
@gmail.com
(978) 675-5116
Gluten-free, Vegan, Nut-free,
Sugar-free Bakery

Maple Nut
Kitchen,
Keene, NH
Contact:
Vivian
Cubilla-Lindblom,
Owner
vivian@maplenutkitchen.com
(603) 354-3219
Gluten-free, Vegan Granola

Joes Kitchen at Screamin Ridge

Farm, Montpelier, VT
Contact: Joe Buley,
Owner, Chef & Farmer
joe@screaminridgefarm.com
(802) 461-5371
Soups, Sauces
Jubali, Jamaica Plain, MA
Contact: Nora Jordan,
Marketing Manager
nora@jubali.org
(781) 424-0144
Smoothies, juices

MOJO Cold Brewed Coffee Inc,

Wenham, MA
Contact: Annie Brainard, Founder
mojomama@mojocoffees.com
(978) 270-3838
Cold Brewed Coffee Drinks

Just Add Cooking,

Boston, MA
Contact:
Janelle McKenzie,
Marketing Assistant
janelle
@justaddcooking.com
(617) 708-1316
Meal Kit

New Grounds Food, Boston, MA

Contact: Johnny Fayad, CEO &
Co-Founder
johnny@newgroundsfood.com
(818) 297-4959
Coffee-Infused Energy Bars

Leahs Recipe, Jamestown, RI

Contact: Leah Rosin-Pritchard, Owner
leahsrecipe@gmail.com
(401) 714-2880
Gluten-Free, Vegan, Organic, Refined
Sugar-free Snacks

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Our Family
Farms of
Massachusetts,
Greenfield, MA
Contact:
Angie Facey,
General Manager
office@ourfamilyfarms.com
(413) 772-2332
Milk
Oziolis Italian Cookie Co.,
East Falmouth, MA
Contact: Michelle Ozioli, Owner
MOzioli720@gmail.com
(508) 801-4669
Authentic, All Natural Italian Cookies

Plymouth Bay Winery,

Plymouth, MA
Contact: Michael Carr, Owner
info@plymouthbaywinery.com
(508) 746-2100
Wine and wine products

Gluten Free
Vegan
Kosher

Recreo Coffee & Roasterie,

Dedham, MA
Contact: Miriam Morales, Owner
miriam@recreocoffee.com
(781) 381-0074
Premium Nicaraguan Coffee
Seacoast Sweets, Newburyport, MA
Contact: Kirstyn Pearl, Owner
sweetsnewburyport@gmail.com
(978) 397-8610
Chocolate
SoCo Creamery,
Pittsfield, MA
Contact:
Nicholas
Hernandez,
Director of Sales
nico@sococreamery.com
(413) 528-8400
Ice Cream

5 VARIETIES
AVAILABLE
www.budibar.com
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No/Low Sugar
No/Low Sodium
High Fiber

STEEM Peanut Butter Inc,

Greenfield, MA
Contact: Christopher Pettazzoni,
President
steempb@steempb.com
(413) 222-8949
Caffeinated Peanut Butter

Made with care

in small batches.

BEEZcotti
Earthquakes
Miracles & More

The Farmers
Cow,
Lebanon, CT
Contact:
Kathy Smith,
Marketing &
Customer Relations
kathy@thefarmerscow.com
(860) 642-4600
Dairy Products, Eggs, Ice Cream

Jackie & Laurie

(617) 512-0085
www.trillfoods.com

Trillfoods,
Cambridge, MA
Contacts:
Laurie Rothstein &
Jacqueline Baum
laurie@cookingculture.com
jackie@cookingculture.com
(617) 512-0085
www.trillfoods.com
Sweets Worth Savoring

Naturally New England

www.TheFarmersCow.com
Toll Free: 866.355.COWS

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TM

Key to abbreviations:
FFV....... Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
PFV....... Processed Fruits and Vegetables (ie: chopped, diced,
frozen, dried)
VAFV.... Value-added products with fruits and vegetables
D........... Dairy
M.......... Meat
F............ Fish
* denotes SBN member

Please note: those who registered after March 1, 2016 could not be
included in the program.
Please visit www.bostonlocalfood.org for a full listing.
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Allandale Farm, Brookline, MA

Retail Grocer
Contact: Emily Voiss, Farmstand
Manager
emily@allandalefarm.com
(617) 524-1531
Seeking: FFV, D, M

Black River Produce,

North Springfield, VT
Sponsor
Contact: Sean Buchanan
SBuchanan@blackriverproduce.com
(802) 886-6236
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F, O

Bartletts Family Garden & Market,

Sudbury, MA
Farm Stand
Contact: Laura Abrams, President
laura@bartlettgreenhouses.com
(800) 552-2278
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Berkshire Coop Market,

Great Barrington, MA
Retail Grocer
Contact: Matt Novik,
Communications Manager
mnovik@berkshire.coop
(413) 528-9697 ext. 39
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Basil Tree Catering*,

Cambridge, MA
Other
Contact: Paige Elliott,
Kitchen Operations
operations@basiltree.com
(617) 776-9100
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
Baystate Organic Certifiers,
North Dighton, MA
Sponsor
www.baystateorganic.org
Big Picture Beef, Boston, MA
Other, Start-Up
Contact: Edith Murnane
edith.murnane@gmail.com
(617) 522-2223

Boston Globe, Newton, MA

Press
Contact: Ann Trieger, Contributor
anntrieger@gmail.com
(617) 763-1128
Seeking: VAFV
Boston Organics*,
Charlestown, MA
Sponsor
(617) 242-1700
www.bostonorganics.com
Boston Public Market, Boston, MA
Retail Grocer
www.bostonpublicmarket.org
Cape Abilities INC, Dennis, MA
Retail Grocer, Non-profit
Contact: Peter Caulfield,
Retail Manager
pcaulfield@capeabilities.org
(508) 385-2538
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M

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The Carrot Project, Somerville, MA

Non-Profit
www.thecarrotproject.org
Central Massgrown
Non-Profit
www.centralmassgrown.org
Cheese Traders,
South Burlington, VT
Retail Grocer
Contact: Nicholas Savasta, Owner
nick@cheesetraders.com
(802) 863-0143
Seeking: PFV, VAFV, D
Community Involved in Sustaining
Agriculture (CISA)
South Deerfield, MA
Partner
(413) 665-7100
http://www.buylocalfood.org/
Coastal Enterprises Inc.,
Brunswick, ME
Non-Profit
Contact: Daniel Wallace, Associate
Director, Agriculture and Food
daniel.wallace@ceimaine.org
(207) 535-2916
Seeking: FFV, VAFV

Common Crow Natural Market,

Gloucester, MA
Retail Grocer
Contact: Lillian Maupin, Produce
Buyer & Manager
lillian@commoncrow.com
(978) 283-1665
Seeking: FFV, PFV
Costa Fruit and Produce*,
Boston, MA
Sponsor
(617) 241-8007
www.freshideas.com
Commonwealth Kitchen,
Jamaica Plain, MA
Sponsor
(617) 522-7900
www.commonwealthkitchen.org
Debras Natural
Gourmet,
Concord, MA
Retail Grocer,
Catering
Contact: Adam Stark,
Chief Miscellaneous Officer
adam@debrasnaturalgourmet.com
(978) 371-7573
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
The Delta Group*
Other
www.thedeltagroupllc.com/

Codman Square Farmers Market,

Dorchester, MA
Farmers Market
Contact: Stephanie Crawford,
Market Manager
crawfordstephanie13@gmail.com
(617) 407-5347
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Early Harvest Diner, Wakefield, MA

Restaurant
Contact: Red Rami, Co-Owner
earlyharvestdiner@yahoo.com
(781) 246-1975
Seeking: FFV, PFV, D, M, F

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Eat Boutique, Boston, MA

Retail, Other
www.eatboutique.com
Fair Food Network*, Northeast
Non-Profit
Contact: Joel Moyer,
Investment Associate
jmoyer@fairfoodnetwork.org
(631) 428-0001
Contact: Alex Linkow,
Program Director
alinkow@fairfoodnetwork.org
(734) 730-3558
Seeking: PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
Five Way Foods, Waban, MA
Food Processor, Value-Added
Producer
Contact: John Hopkins, President
jhopkins@5wayfoods.com
(978) 764-5042
Seeking: FFV, M, F
Food for Free*, Cambridge, MA
Non-profit
foodforfreeoperations@gmail.com
(857) 265-4441
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F, Other
Food Solutions New England,
Durham, NH
Non-profit
www.foodsolutionsne.org/
Fresh Source Capital,
Cambridge, MA
Other
info@freshsourcecapital.com
www.freshsourcecapital.com

Glenwood Garden*, Boston, MA

Retail Grocer, Online Market
Contact: Jonah Rapino, CEO/Buyer
jonah@glenwoodgarden.com
(419) 508-0297
Seeking: VAFV, D, M
Gourmet Guru, Cambridge, MA
Distributor
Contact: Annie Finstein,
New England BDTL
a.finstein@gourmetguru.com
(508) 308-6599
Seeking: PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
Hannaford, Various Locations
Sponsor
Supermarket, Grocery chain
www.hannaford.com
Healthcare without Harm
Reston, VA
(703) 860-9790
https://noharm.org/
Interise*, Boston, MA
Non-profit
Contact: Lyndsay Whitehurst,
Boston Program Manager
lwhitehurst@interise.org
(617) 350-6335
Seeking: Other
In the Weeds Farm, Wellfleet, MA
Distributor, Food Processor,
Value-Added Producer
Victoria Pecoraro, Owner
intheweedsfarm@comcast.net
(508) 349-1327
Seeking: FFV, VAFV, D, M

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Island Grown Schools,

Marthas Vineyard
Institution
www.islandgrownschools.org
Jute Marketing, Boston, MA
Other
info@jutemarketing.com
www.jutemarketing.com
Lolas Local Food Lab, Wellfleet, MA
Food Processor or Value-Added
Producer
Contact: Kim Shkapich, Chef/Owner
kim@lolaslocalfoodlab.com
(508) 349-1700
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
The Market at Pinehills,
Plymouth, MA
Retail Grocer
Contact: Sue Blackington-Harris,
General Manager
sbharris@themarketpinehills.com
(508) 209-0000
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources, Boston, MA
Sponsor
617-626-1720
http://www.mass.gov/massgrown
Mass Development,
Springfield, MA
Institution
Contact: Laura Masulis
lmasulis@massdevelopment.com
(617) 913-6758
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Massachusetts Farm to School,

Boston, MA
Non-profit
Contact: Simca Horwitz,
Program Director
simca@massfarmtoschool.org
(617) 239-2574
Seeking: FFV, PFV, D, M, F
Massachusetts Growth Capital,
Charlestown, MA
Other
www.massgcc.com/
The Middle East Restaurant &
Nightclub*, Cambridge, MA
Restaurant
Contact: Nabil Sater, Owner
nabil@mideastclub.com
(617) 864-3278
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
Mission Hill Health Movement,
Boston, MA
Non-Profit
Contact: Ivis Berrios,
Admin Program Coordinator
ivis@mhhm.org
(617) 427-6919
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, Other
Natural Awakenings, Boston, MA
Partner
www.naturalawakeningsboston.com
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Sponsor
(617) 373-2000
www.northeastern.edu

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Noble Expo & Event Production

Inc*, Sturbridge, MA
Distributor
Contact: Mary Ellen Comerford,
Owner
comerford.maryellen@gmail.com
(508) 826-2565
Seeking: FFV, VAFV, M, F

Pencil One Commercial

Photography, Hanson, MA
Other
info@pencilone.com
(781) 561-9787
PR Guy, Boston, MA
Other
Contact: Sean Horrigan
(617) 304-7899
www.prguyonline.com

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance

Gloucester, MA
Partner
Contact: Niaz Dorry
(978) 281-6934
http://namanet.org/

PVGrows Investment Fund,

South Deerfield, MA
Other
(413) 665-7100 x23
www.pvgrows.net

Notre Dame Health Care,

Worcester, MA
Non-Profit
Contact: Mark Pelletier, Chef
mpelletier@nddul.org
(508) 952-5800 ext 2207
Seeking: F

RADAR Initiatives, Westwood, MA

Restaurant
Contact: Alan Donovan, President
ad2yu@virginia.edu
(617) 640-1377
Seeking: FFV, PFV

Olio Di Melli LLC, Westport, MA

Distributor
Contact: Rosemary Melli, Owner
oliodimelli@comcast.net
(508) 636-8047
Seeking: VAFV

Roche Bros, Wellesley, MA

Supermarket, Retail Grocery
www.rochebros.com
Seven Hills Farmstead, Boston, MA
Food Processor or Value-Added
Producer
Contact: Giulio Caperchi, Owner
guilio@sevenhillsfarmstead.com
(508) 530-2125
Seeking: VAFV

Pantry, Brookline, MA
Retail Grocer
Daniel Snedeker, Manager
dsnedeke@pantrystores.com
(607) 379-1212
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Share Harvest, Cambridge, MA

Online Food Vendor
Contact: Richard Hill, Owner
richill_53@hotmail.com
(617) 868-5162
Seeking: FFV, VAFV, M

Pemberton Farms Marketplace,

Cambridge, MA
Retail Grocer
Contact: Tom Saidwaney, Owner
tom@pembertonfarms.com
(617) 491-2244
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F
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Shovel Town Brewery,

North Easton, MA
Restaurant
Contact: Frank Altieri, Owner
f.alt60@gmail.com
(508) 294-6431
Seeking: PFV, VAFV, M, F

Sustainable Edge,
Newton Center, MA
Consultant
Contact: Kevin Dutt, Managing
Partner
kcdutt@sustainable-edge.com
(617) 784-5005
Seeking: FFV, VAFV, D, M, F

Side By Side Specialty Foods,

Westerly, RI
Distributor, Food Processor or
Value-Added Producer
Contact: Bob Cruso, President
sidebysidefoods@gmail.com
(401) 996-4775
Seeking: PFV, VAFV

Trustees, Boston, MA
Nonprofit
www.thetrustees.org
The Veggie Market, Russell, MA
Food Processor or Value-Added
Producer
Contact: Ron Hess, Owner
ronhess67@me.com
(413) 454-7254
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV

Specialty Food Association,

New York, NY
Non-Profit Trade Association
Contact: Erika Sipos,
Industry Relations Specialist
esipos@specialtyfood.com
(646) 878-0140
Seeking: Other

Vermont Agency of Agriculture,

Food & Market,
South Burlington, VT
State Government
Contact: Reg Godin, Sr. Market
Development Specialist
reg.godin@vermont.gov
(802) 522-3648
Seeking: Other

Spoiler Alert, Boston, MA

Food Broker Technology Platform
Hannah Geise, Marketing Associate
hannah@foodspoileralert.com
(920) 889-4247

Biggest little PopCorn Company

Makers of Air Popped All Natural

English Butter Toffee Baked Popcorn
Available in: Mexican Vanilla, Original Butter, RI Coffee Milk, Traditional
Banana Toffee, Sweet Masala Curry and Lemon.

Learn more about our smashing product: www.biggestlittlepopcorncompamy.com
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Volante Farms, Needham, MA

Retail Grocer
Contact: Teri Boardman, Owner
teri@volantefarms.com
(781) 444-2351
Seeking: FFV, D

The Williams Agency*,

Cambridge, MA
Events/Marketing/Public Relations
Contact: Nicola Williams,
President/CEO
nicola@thewilliamsagency.net
(617) 395 7680

Weathervane Seafood, Kittery, ME

Restaurant
Contact: Terry Gagner, Owner
tgagner@aol.com
(207) 475-7078
Seeking: FFV, PFV, F

World Farmers, Lancaster, MA

Non-Profit
Contact: Maria Moreira,
Executive Director
mmoreira@worldfarmers.org
(413) 658-4279
Seeking: FFV

Whats Good, Providence, RI

Sponsor
Contact: Matt Tortora, Founder & CEO
matt@sourcewhatsgood.com
(631) 793 9910
www.whatsgood.services

Yankee Alliance, Andover, MA

GPO
Contact: Chris Karski, Director, Food
Service
ckarski@yankeealliance.com
(978) 470-2000
Seeking: FFV, PFV, VAFV, D, M, F

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Baystate Organic Certifiers is your local nonprofit

organic certification agency. Their mission is to provide
low-cost organic certification services to operations of
any kind and size.
For over 36 years, Black River Produce has been a
leading regional distributor of organic and
conventional produce, meats, fresh seafood, artisan
cheeses, specialty products, and floral to regional chefs
and retailers. BRP has more than 2000 wholesale
customers, including retailers, restaurants, institutions and farm stands
throughout New England. Our relationships with our customers as well as a
commitment to locally sourced products has allowed Black River to continue
to grow with the increased demand for sustainable products.
Boston Organics delivers certified organic
vegetables, fruit and groceries from our network of
farms, dairies, artisans and suppliers directly to
the home and the workplace. Since 2002,
customers have been choosing us for our dedication to quality, sustainability,
affordability and because we opt for the Gold Standardproducts that are
both organic and locally sourcedwhenever possible. And as a Certified B
Corporation, we are committed to using the power of business to solve social
and environmental problems.
Citizens for GMO Labeling is a grassroots movement
of parents, farmers and citizens dedicated to regaining
our basic right to know what we are eating and
feeding our families. We are taking back our food, our
government, and our childrens future.
CommonWealth Kitchen has operates two incubator
facilities with fully-licensed, state of the art kitchens
for start-up and emerging food businesses in the
Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Jamaica
Plain. Currently, there are over 45 specialty food
producers, caterers, and food trucks using these
facilities as a base of operations.
CommonWealth Kitchen is a collaborative community working to strengthen
the local economy, particularly for people who have been impacted by racial,
social, and economic inequality. Their shared kitchens offerintegrated
business assistance, creating and growing dynamic food-based businesses
and careers.
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Costa Fruit & Produce is a produce and specialty

foods purveyor serving dining establishments
throughout New England. In addition to offering a
complete line of products that include fresh fruit
and produce, dairy, and value added fresh cut
produce, Costa works closely with local farmers and
producers bringing a variety of local artisan items such as cheese, meats and
hors deoeuvres to their diverse customer base. Costa is a Sustainable Business Leader certified by the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
and has been a recipient of the Boston Green Business Award. For information
about Costa; go to freshideas.com or contact Costa at sales@freshideas.com.
Dole & Bailey is a 148 year old food hub that
is transforming New Englands food systems with
total transparency and traceability. Recognized
for providing custom processing, food safety and
efficient distribution for local farms and fisheries
through their Northeast Family Farms and Northeast Family Fisheries programs. In 10 years D&B has purchased directly from over 100 family owned
farms and fisheries throughout the Northeast, and harvested over 100,000
naturally raised local animals.
Farm Credit East is a member-owned cooperative
that provides credit and financial services to 13,900
farmers, commercial fisherman and forest product
businesses throughout the Northeast. Farm Credit
East has special incentives for young, beginning,
small and veteran farmers and invests in the success of beginning farmers
through the FarmStart program. Visit farmcrediteast.com to learn more.
Hannaford has always been local. Its part of their
heritage, dating back 130 years, when Arthur
Hannaford first began selling fresh, locally grown
produce from a horse-drawn cart on the Portland,
ME waterfront. Much has changed since then, but
their commitment to providing local products, as well as serving and supporting local producers and communities, has never been stronger.
Mansfield Paper Company is the oldest and largest
distributor of food service disposables, packaging
supplies, maintenance and janitorial items, and other
related products in Western MA and Northern CT.
Whatever your situation, theyll deliver solutions that
work. They specialize in high-performance products with custom print
options to help you promote your business.

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Massachusetts Department of Agricultural

Resources - The Division of Agricultural Markets
focuses on innovative marketing, business,
educational and environmentally sound
initiatives to foster the growth and economic
viability of Massachusetts farm and food businesses. Check out www.mass.
gov/massgrown for your gateway to MassGrown farm products, specialty
foods, and fun ag-tivities!
Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global, experiential
research university built on a tradition of engagement
with the world, creating a distinctive approach to
education and research. The University offers a range of

undergraduate and graduate programs leading to

degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and
schools, and select advanced degrees at graduate
campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina and Seattle, Washington.

Renew Boston is the Mayors energy efficiency

program tasked to help the city meet the goal 25
percent carbon reduction by 2020 and 80 percent
by 2050. Mayor Walshs goal is to complete 72,000
Mass Save no-cost home energy assessments
by 2020. Renew Boston is a collaborative between
the City of Boston, the utilities, Eversource and
National Grid, local non-profit Mass Energy, and local Mass Save provider, NSL.
WhatsGood is an online marketplace that
connects wholesale food purchasers with local
purveyors through a comprehensive directory of
farmers, fishermen, artisans, and producers. Chefs
and purchasers use their real-time, cloud-based,
marketplace to communicate orders for the essential products they need to keep their kitchens cooking, through their web and
mobile applications. WhatsGood reduces the complexity and time purchasers
currently face searching, selecting, establishing, organizing, and maintaining
vital relationships with their local sources. Their team is composed of talented
food service professionals with well over 100 years of combined experience as
chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and managers. Through collaborative,
innovative, and hands-on leadership, their focus is to help build sustainable food ecosystems which help producers and procurement managers to
streamline their operations, while deploying efficient technology, technique,
and operational standards. WhatsGoods goal is to generate real food system
change by helping chefs source more food locally in New England.
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Cape Cod Buy Locals mission is simple: to

connect people on the Cape with locally grown
farm and sea products. The local Cape Cod
chapter was started in summer 2008 and is
administered by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension.
Program activities are guided by a Committee comprised of local land and sea
farmers, restaurant owners, individuals and County Extension staff. Funding
and support is provided by Barnstable County, Cape Cod Cooperative
Extension, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
Central Mass Grown is an initiative, born out of
the need to highlight the farms of Central
Massachusetts. Their mission is to promote the
purchase of local agricultural products and to foster
the education about its benefits to health,
communities, the economy, and the environment.
They will produce a directory, an on-line database, and a mobile app.
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
strengthens farms and engages the community to
build the local food economy. CISA is a non-profit that
began work more than 20 years and thousands of
people in our region have contributed to their success

and impact. More than 250 farms participate in their
programs, and the number of residents who are
committed to supporting local agriculture grows everyday. CISAs Be a Local
Hero, Buy Locally Grown program, the longest-running agricultural buy-local
campaign in the country, connects farmers and the community, improving
farm business viability and enhancing the quality of life for residents across
the region.

Food for Free rescues fresh foodfood that might

otherwise go to wasteand distributes it within the
local emergency food system where it can reach those
in need. Through a combination of food rescue,
farming, and transportation services, their program
brings food directly to isolated seniors and people with
disabilities. Their programs address not only short-term hunger, but obesity,
diet-related disease, and other long-term health effects of food insecurity and
poor nutrition. In addition, food rescuealso called salvage or gleaning
reduces food waste.

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Food Solutions New England (FSNE) is a

regional food systems learning-action
network dedicated to advancing a
sustainable New England food system.
FSNE is organized around four interrelated activities:
A New England Food Vision, a bold vision that calls for our region to build the
capacity to produce 50% of clean, fair, just, and accessible (good food) for all
New Englanders by 2060; New England state food planning initiatives; annual
New England food summits and topical workshops; and related analysis,
communication and visualization. The University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute serves as the backbone organization for FSNE. Since its
inception, FSNE has advanced its mission through comprehensive, systemic
approaches linking farm, food, nutrition, and social justice issues using analysis and visualization to improve the regional food system.
Health Care Without Harm is an international coaltion
of hospitals and health care systems, medical
professionals, community groups, health-affected

constituencies, labor unions, environmental and
environmental health organizations and religious groups.
Health Care Without Harm has regional offices in Reston,

VA, Brussels, Buenos Aires and Manila. In other regions,
they work with Strategic Partners based in New Delhi, Durban, Dar es Saalam
and elsewhere. Together with their partners around the world, Health Care
Without Harm shares a vision of a health care sector that does no harm, and
instead promotes the health of people and the environment. To that end,
they are working to implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to
health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease.
The Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association
provides education, networking and peer support, sales
and marketing opportunities, publicity and technical
assistance for their members and their customers so that
member companies may grow and flourish, thereby
strengthening and improving the long term viability of
the food and farm sector of the Massachusetts economy.
The MSFA is a statewide non-profit organization that serves as a resource to
and advocate for the Massachusetts specialty foods industry, supporting the
commitment to excellence and the entrepreneurial spirit that contributes to
the uniqueness and quality of Massachusetts specialty foods.

Photos courtesy of Pencil One

Commercial Photography
www.pencilone.com
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Natural Awakenings Boston is a

monthly lifestyle magazine focused
on connecting businesses and
professionals with their engaged
readers who value a healthy lifestyle and healthy planet for people
and pets. In each issue, readers find
cutting-edge information on natural
health, nutrition, fitness, personal
growth, green living, sustainability,
creative expression and the products
and services that support a healthy
lifestyle. They feature articles by
national authors as well as from local
leaders in these fields.

The Northwest Atlantic Marine

Alliances mission is to enhance and
maintain healthy marine ecosystems
by organizing a decentralized
network of community-based fishermen, fishworkers and allies. For the
past decade, they have set the standard for effective collaboration in the
pursuit of one question: if we truly
care about the health of our oceans
does it matter how, where and when
we fish; and, who catches the fish
that end up on our dinner plates?
The answer is, Definitely!

June 10-11
Local Beer, Cider
Mead, Food

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 About the Sustainable Business

Network of Massachusetts (SBN)

Launched in 1988 as the Responsible Business Alliance, the Sustainable

Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
based in Cambridge, MA with the mission to build a Massachusetts economy
that is local, green and fair. In September 2013, SBN celebrated 25 years of
supporting and building local entrepreneurship.
With over 1000 locally owned and independent businesses, affiliates and individuals participating in SBNs projects and programs, SBN remains the leading
organization of sustainable business in the state.
SBN currently organizes and leads the following programs:
Sustainable Business Leader Program
Local First Networks
Boston Local Food Program
SBN Leadership Exchange
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts is a founding member of
the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and the New
England Local Business Forum (NELBF), and is proudly affiliated with the
American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA).

About SBNs Local Food Program

Our Boston Local Food Program is about growing a sustainable local food
system with a goal to provide healthy local food for all. We define local as
starting where you are in metro Boston, stretching out through Massachusetts
and within New England. We collaborate with local businesses, nonprofits,
government agencies and individuals to achieve our goals.
Through programs, events and educational outreach, Boston Local Food
builds connections between eaters, local farms, fisheries, food producers,
distributors, restaurants, retail food businesses, government agencies and
nonprofit organizations - with a core interest in supporting locally owned
independent food businesses.
www.bostonlocalfood.org . www.bostonlocalfoodfestival.org

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Thursday, March 24 . 6:30-8:30pm

Social Media Basics for Small & Local Business
Presented by SBN & Teak Media + Communications
@ SBN Boardroom, Cambridge

This B2B will be tailored to the attendees to answer your questions about
which tools to use and how to leverage them to your advantage.

Garden Mixology . Friday, May 13 . 6:00-8:00pmPresented by

SBN & the Trustees
@ Saint Rose St Garden, Jamaica Plain

Attendees will learn how to craft 3 unique cocktails using Astraluna Premium
& Small Batch Spirits and Powell & Mahoney mixers while enjoying appetizers
from OurCookQuest, all while in a unique urban garden setting.

Hyperlocal Craft Brewfest . June 10 & 11 . 3 Sessions

@ Arts at the Armory, Somerville

Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest showcases local brews incorporating local

ingredients. SBNs definition of local starts in MA and encompasses all of New
England. Hyper-Local means local producers making products with
ingredients from New England. Examples in the past have included brews
made with local hops, apples, cranberries, grapes and even local oysters.

Boston Local Food Festival . September 18 . 11am-5pm

@ Rose F Kennedy Greenway, Boston

Grounded on the SBN principals of local, green and fair, the Boston Local
Food Festival provides an opportunity for local restaurants, chefs, farmers,
fisherman, and non profits to connect with one another and with over 50,000
participants on the Greenway. This zero waste, outdoor event offers a full day
of local food, music and art. It is the premier event for restaurants and food
producers promoting local food and eaters seeking to support them.

Learn more about these events & others at sbnmass.org

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JOIN

Grow, Save, Connect, Discover, Build

The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts

BE A PART OF BUILDING A
LOCAL, GREEN & FAIR ECONOMY.

New Member Benefits:

Discounted Rates for SBN Events including:
- Vendor fees for the Boston Local Food Festival
- Vendor fees & Admission to the Local Food Trade Shows
- Admission to the Sustainability Leadership Summit
- B2B Networking Events & more!
Visibility on the SBN Website, Social Media & Newsletters
Listing on DoneGood App which connects people to businesses that
share their values
Connect with driven, like-minded entrepreneurs
Discover best practices for sustainable business
Access to Exclusive Members Only Events
One Complimentary B2B
$100 SBN Program Credit when you
refer a new member
& More!

Join at sbnmass.org

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

7th Annual

11AM TO 5PM ON THE GREENWAY!

New Englands largest one day
farmers market & celebration
of local food!
Now recruiting vendors &
sponsors! Learn more at:

bostonlocalfoodfestival.org