Are you ready to expand your product’s footprint?

Join us for a free three-part virtual series built for Oregon food and beverage makers who want to move from “figuring out distribution” to actually doing it. Community Conversation style webinars invite you to come with your questions, join all three or just the one that fits, and catch the recording if you can’t join the live presentation.

October 14th – 1-2:30pm 
“Exploring Distribution Models – Maker Panel”
How do Hot Mama Salsa (Nikki Guerrero) and Pan’s Mushroom Jerky (Michael Pan) get their products to store shelves!? Learn from food business founders with different distribution models and strategies.

October 15th – 1-2:30pm
“Working with a Regional Distributor”
Join Thomas Marks, founder and owner of Rogue Natural Foods, a bioregional distributor, to learn the role of distributors in the natural foods industry and how to partner with one.

October 16th  – 1-2:30pm
“Working with Brokers”
Natural Foods Brokers Nicole Suttner and Keenan Smith explore why brokers exist and the role they play in the natural foods industry.

Come with your questions for these Community Conversation style events. Join all or join one, all recordings will be shared!

Hosted by Business Impact NW and The PNW Food & Beverage Group founder Hannah Kullberg. The PNW F&B is a Resource Sharing Network that connects food & Beverage businesses across the region.

Funding Acknowledgement:

Funding for this series was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA

Cost Statement:

There is no cost to attend. Workshops are sponsored by the Oregon Department of Agriculture.