Day: February 26, 2015

Raj Karmani of Zero Percent (right) and Michael Bashaw of Whole Foods Market

Accelerator Adds Fuel to This Year’s Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference

Posted on by FamilyFarmed.org

The Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference that kicks off FamilyFarmed’s annual three-day Good Food Festival & Conference is well established, as a dynamic event that connects food and farm entrepreneurs with investors and lenders. Businesses participating in the event have raised $11 million over the past three years.

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Promising Business Are Winding Up to Pitch at Chicago’s Good Food Financing Conference

Posted on by FamilyFarmed.org

Promising businesses in the Midwest’s local and sustainable food sector have raised $11 million from investors over the past three years by participating in FamilyFarmed’s annual Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference. Not surprisingly, this year’s event — coming up on Thursday, March 19 — has another lineup of outstanding entrepreneurs.