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8:00-8:30 am
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Registration
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8:30-8:45
am
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Welcome—Hall
C
· Jim Slama,
Introduced by Warren King, Board
Chair, FamilyFarmed.org
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8:45-9:20
am
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Keynote—Hall
C
· Gary Hirshberg,
Stonyfield Farm
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9:20-10:00
am
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Morning
Plenary: Local and Sustainable Food Retailing—Hall C
· Michael Bashaw, Whole
Foods Market
· Irv Cernauskas, Irv
& Shelly's Fresh Picks
· Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield
Farm
· Moderator
Andy Whitman, 2X
Partners
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FARMER—Room
D
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FOOD BUSINESS—Room
E
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COMMUNITY—Room F
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10:10-11:10
am
First
Session: Funders/Investors
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Farm
Finance Opportunities
· Michael Bashaw, Whole Foods Market
· Sue Maraccini, USDA Farm Service
Agency
· George Ranney, Chicago
Metropolis 2020
· David Miller, Working
Farms Capital
· Moderator: Rich Schell, Wagner and Schell.
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Food
Business Financing
· Colleen Callahan, USDA Rural
Development
· Jeffrey Lampe,
Hopewell Ventures
· Moderator: Kim Hack,
American Institute of Wine and Food
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Community
Financing
· Suzanne Keers, Local First
Chicago
· Lucy Tuck, IFF
· Moderator: Calvin Holmes, Chicago Community
Loan Fund
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11:20
am-12:20 pm
Second
Session: Farms/Businesses
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Farm
Success Stories
· Tom Beddard, Lady
Moon Farms
· Bob Borchardt, Harvest
Moon Farm
· Wes Jarrell, Prairie Fruits Farm
· John Peterson, Angelic
Organics
· Moderator:
Charlotte Flinn
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Food Business Success
Stories
· Bartlett Durand, Black Earth Meats
· Matt Kilgus, Kilgus Farmstead
· Arjan Stephens, Nature’s Path
Organic
· Moderator: Marc Schulman, Eli’s Cheesecake
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Building
Social Enterprises
· Dennis Ryan,
Experimental Station
· Rick Terrien, Wisconsin
Innovation Kitchen
· Orrin Williams, Center for Urban
Transformation
· Moderator:
Zina Murray, Logan
Square Kitchen
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12:20-1:00
pm
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LUNCH—Hall
B
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1:00-1:45
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Business
Plan Competition Finalists—Hall C
· Moderated
by Linda Darragh,
Chicago Booth School
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1:45-2:45
pm
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Financing
Fair—Hall A
Farms and food businesses meet potential investors.
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2:45-3:30
pm
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Keynote—Hall
C
· Introduction Leland Strom, Farm Credit
Association
· Will Allen,
Growing Power
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3:30-3:45
pm
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BREAK
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3:45-5:40
pm
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THE HOW MUCH, WHERE AND HOW OF
RAISING MONEY FOR YOUR BUSINESS
· Andy Whitman, 2X
Partners
· Kathy Nyquist, New
Venture Advisors
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3:45-4:20 pm
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YOUR
FINANCING STRATEGY
· The Spectrum of Financing Options (joined
by Linda Darragh, Chicago
Booth School)
· Using cash forecasts to determine funding needs
· Q&A
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4:20-5:05 pm
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FINDING
FINANCING SOURCES
· Traditional Sources
· Non-Traditional Sources, (joined
by Marc Lane, Marc J. Lane Wealth
Group and Suzanne Keers, Local First
Chicago)
· Q&A
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5:05-5:40 pm
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TELLING
YOUR STORY
· 10 Elements of Effective Stories
· 5 Things You Need to Prepare
· 10 Reasons Investors Pass
· Q&A
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5:40 pm
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ADJOURN
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