Agenda

 

SPICE Conference Agenda:

7:30 – 8:15 am Registration/Breakfast and Refreshments

8:15 – 8:30 am Opening remarks/Flow of day

8:35 – 9:15 am Financing Your Food Business: Navigating the Path to Profit

9:20 – 10:10 am Know Your Cost – Know Your Profit

10:10 – 10:20 am Break

10:30 – 11:15 am Launching and Expanding Your Business at Farmers’ Markets

11:15 – 12:00 pm Marketing Your Food Business

12:00 – 12:30 pm Lunch

12:35 – 1:30 pm Tasty Timeline – Stories from Food Entrepreneurs – opening remarks Amy Melmock Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

1:30 – 1:45 pm Break

1:45 – 2: 30 pm Food Safety and Science: Ensuring Quality and Compliance

2:35 – 3:10 pm Legal Foundations for Food Entrepreneurs

3:10 – 3:15 pm Networking and Break

3:20 – 5:00 pm Tradeshow and World Cafe with industry experts

 

Workshop Presenters: 

Erin Sear – Financing your Business

Peter Chapman SKU Foods – Know Your Cost – Know Your Profit

Alison Lynes & Ashley Scriven – Launching and Expanding Your Business at Farmers’ Markets

Dwayne Boudreau – Marketing Your Food Business

Alexa Jollimore & Priscilla Kimbey – Food Safety and Science: Ensuring Quality and Compliance

Corrine Boudreau – Legal Foundations for Food Entrepreneurs