Day 1 - 1/29/2010 - Friday 8:00 Registration 1 8:30 Introductions 1.1 9:00 Pizza, Pop and the Entrepreneur David Yudkin Hot Lips Pizza Small product development, sustainablity 1.2 11:00 The Food Business Lifecycle Kirk Giudici Whole cycle of the system. Ex- Rising Moon guy Krishna Singh Khalsa Lifeboat Foods Ex-Golden Temple Breakfast cereal, tea 12:30 LUNCH 1.3 2:00 From Idea to Recipe - Starting a Foodbiz Sarah Masoni Oregon Food Innovation Center John Henry Wells Food Biz Startup 1.4 4:00 The Farmers Market - Sourcing and incubation Rebecca Landis Corvallis Farmers Market 1.5 5:30 From Cart to Restaurant (over Dinner) Kathleen Marie Zia Incubation via Farmers market Cynthia Kappel Midway Farms Day 2 - 1/30/2010 - Saturday 2 8:30 Introductions/Checkin 2.1 9:00 The Small Farm Context Garry Stephenson - Oregon State Small Farm context setting for small farms Tyler Jones Afton Family Farms 2.2 11:00 Forming a Food Biz Company Karen Misfeldt Heilig Misfeldt and Armstrong, LLP legal, formation, patents 12:30 LUNCH 2.3 2:00 OSU Food Facility Tour Jeff Clawson OSU Food Department Making Food Safely Mark Daeschel OSU Food Safety 2.4 4:00 Success and Failure in Natural Food Susan Schechter Provender Alliance Food industry context 2.5 5:30 From Calapooia to Flattail (over Dinner) Laura Bryngelson Calapooia Brewing Day 3 2/26/2010 - Friday 3 8:30 Introductions/checkin 3.1 9:00 Farms to Market Tom Denison/ Elisabeth Kerle Denison Farms (Corvallis, OR) John Eveland / Sally Brewer Gathering Together Farm (Philomath, OR) 3.2 11:00 Stahlbush into the Markets Bill Chambers Stahlbush Island Farms Food Safety,Marketing,export 12:30 LUNCH - A tour of the Emerald Valley Mel Bankoff Emerald Valley Kitchen Business tour 3.3 2:00 Food Safety Licensing Requirements Brian Hawkins - Inspector 3.4 4:00 Organic Certification Oregon Department of Ag Bill Emminger Benton County Health Mike Dill Tilth 3.5 5:30 Copacking and product production (over Dinner) Paul Fuller Sweet Creek Foods Shelf Stable , co-pack, sustainability Day 4 - 2/27/2010 - Saturday 4 8:30 Introductions/Checkin 4.1 9:00 Food Biz Finances and Cashflow Tim Berry Palo Alto Software Cashflow , Planning 4.2 11:00 A look at Cheese Lisbeth Goddik OSU Dairy Artisian Cheese making 12:30 LUNCH 4.3 2:00 Marinara, Mozzerella, and Granola - Hands on Sarah Masoni Oregon Food Innovation Center Mkt - Testing and Dev Jeff Clawson OSU Create a product 4.4 4:00 More Marenara,Mozzerella, and Granola - Hands on 4.5 5:30 From Hops to Beer in Corvallis (over Dinner) Dave Wills Corvallis Brewery Day 5 - 3/26/2010 - Friday 5 8:30 Introductions/Checkin 5.1 9:00 Managing Risk Jesse Lyons Davis, Wright, Tremaine Corporate insurance Brett Stegall Pacific Risk 5.2 11:00 A package for the product Sue Crawford Crawford Design Peter Mittmann Oregon Freeze Dried Product packaging 12:30 LUNCH Kettle Foods - Jim Greene 5.3 2:00 From Production to Shelf Space Shevach Lambert 5.4 4:00 Who will buy what for how much? Surata Foods Reiner Bohlen Solstice Foods TBD 5.5 5:30 Off the truck and onto the shelves (over Dinner) Donna Kaiser First Alternative Coop Day 6 - 3/27/2010 - Saturday 6 8:30 Introductions/Checkin 6.1 9:00 Finding new processing facilities and options Jennifer Martin Bald Hill Farm, LLC. micro cannery, relocalization Liv Gifford Ecumenical Ministries Commercial kitchen 6.2 11:00 Financing for your startup Food Biz Access to Capital panel Brenda Baze Cascades West - CoG Matt Holton Willamette Neighborhood Housing Nick Arzner Block 15 12:30 LUNCH EcNow - Chris Vitello 6.3 2:00 Do we really need a Business Plan? Alan Fudge LBCC SBDC Business Planning 6.4 4:00 Technology at OSU for Food Businesses Mary Foley Oregon State Tech Transfer Tech Transfer, patents 6.5 5:30 Whats Next? (over Dinner) John Henry Wells Food Biz Sgtartup Sarah Masoni Oregon Food Innovation Center Bob McGorrin OSU Food Science 6.6 7:00 Roundup and feedback John Sechrest, Bruce Hecht |
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