{"id":19613,"date":"2023-10-17T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/?p=19613"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:04:02","slug":"local-food-works-annual-partnership-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/es\/local-food-works-annual-partnership-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Food Works Annual Partnership Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">A &#8220;Let&#8217;s Be The Region That Food Built&#8221; Event<br \/>\nFriday, October 20, 2023, 9 &#8211; 11:30 a.m.<br \/>\nPerry Auditorium &#8211; 95 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA<\/h4>\n<p><em>Parking is in the back of City Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>8:30\u00a0AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>9:05 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 State of the State<\/strong>, Ayn Yeagle,\u00a0LFW Steering Committee Member &amp; Executive Director, Growing Places, Leominster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>9:20 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Local Food System Panel<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Focus: The importance of agriculture and local food in North Central MAv<\/em><i><em>and how each sector contributes to the local economy<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Featuring:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mike Pineo, Farmer, Pineo Family Farms, Sterling<br \/>\nErica Bosse, Farmer, Flicker Hill Homestead, Gardner<br \/>\nRoy Nascimento, President &amp; CEO, North Central MA Chamber of Commerce, Fitchburg<br \/>\nSteve Adams, President &amp; CEO, Community Foundation of North Central MA, Fitchburg<br \/>\nChris Hendry, President &amp; CEO, IC Federal Credit Union, Fitchburg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10:10 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Anchor Institution Local Purchasing<\/strong>, Ruben Dario Taborda, CEO, Automation &amp; Validation Solutions, Pennsylvania<br \/>\n<em>Focus: Why and how to break down barriers to local procurement<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10:40 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Group Activity: <\/strong>Building Bridges by Breaking Barriers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11:10 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 <\/strong>Food System Affinity Tables and Tangible Asks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11:30 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Closing Remarks by<\/strong>, Ayn Yeagle, LFW Steering Committee Member &amp; Executive Director, Growing Places, Leominster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This event is hosted by Local Food Works, a network of farmers, nonprofits, businesses, and residents seeking to build a more equitable, sustainable, and accessible local food system in North Central MA. We&#8217;re working to make healthy, local food accessible to all by providing training and support to help local farms scale up; creating a food hub to aggregate, store, and distribute food in the region; and strengthening coordination and communications among all sectors of the NCMA food system.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div  class='avia-button-wrap av-p5c5lp-6cb80a84de21f218ae5147a05c32fe0d-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'><a href='https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/building-bridges-tickets-718030337067?aff=oddtdtcreator'  class='avia-button av-p5c5lp-6cb80a84de21f218ae5147a05c32fe0d av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"Register Now\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Register Now<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;Let&#8217;s Be The Region That Food Built&#8221; Event Friday, October 20, 2023, 9 &#8211; 11:30 a.m. Perry Auditorium &#8211; 95 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA Parking is in the back of City Hall Agenda 8:30\u00a0AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 Registration 9:05 AM\u00a0 |\u00a0 State of the State, Ayn Yeagle,\u00a0LFW Steering Committee Member &amp; Executive Director, Growing Places, Leominster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Local Food Works Annual Partnership Meeting &#187; North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This event is hosted by Local Food Works, a network of farmers, nonprofits, businesses, and residents seeking to build a more equitable, sustainable, and accessible local food system in North Central MA. 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