Now accepting registrations for exhibitor space. Space is limited, so please respond as soon as possible. Exhibit spaces are approximately 8’ x 8’, with a full eight-foot table in white cloth and skirt. The event will be at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, which will provide space for 60 exhibitors. In addition, they will provide access to electricity, refrigerated storage, and a light lunch as part of the registration fee. If you have any questions, please contact us at the phone number or email address below. If you would like to exhibit, please complete and return the attached form. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Herb Heller, Program Manager
Western Mass Food Processing Center
herbh@fccdc.org
413-774-7204 x108
Archive of Past events:
MSFA Annual Meeting, 2008
Monday February 25, 4:30 - 9:00 pm
Features Jerry Shafir,
CEO of Kettle Cuisine
as Keynote Speaker
MSFA Annual
Meeting 2008
Schedule of Events
4-4:30 PM
Set up of Company Displays
4:30-6 PM
Cocktails, Appetizers, Networking, Members’ Displays
6-7 PM
Dinner by Lanam Club Chef
7-9 PM
Annual Meeting, Speakers, Special Guests, and Recognition Ceremony.
The MSFA is pleased to welcome Jerry Shafir, CEO of Kettle Cuisine as our keynote speaker at the MSFA Annual Meeting, 2008. MSFA members and their guests are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, 4:30- 9PM, at the Lanam Club in Andover, MA, and to meet and hear our honored guests and keynote speaker.
The Lanam Club has been described as “ a unique and splendorous meeting place for business and professional persons and their guests.” The house, originally called “ Orlando,” was built in 1916, and its beautifully elegant interiors and lovely gardens and terraces have been carefully maintained and preserved. MSFA members will have use of the entire house for the evening.
Several additional special treats are in store for Annual Meeting attendees this year. In addition to enjoying the elegant setting, we will experience the culinary delights of the Lanam Club Chef. MSFA Members will have the opportunity to set up company displays that may be viewed by Annual Meeting attendees during the Cocktails and Networking period from 4:30-6 PM.
Reservations for display space will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please send in your registration as soon as possible in order to reserve a space for your company’s display.
Please send in your check for $55.00 per person along with the RSVP Registration form by February 15, 2008
An Afternoon
of Networking
at NCV
On Thursday, November 8th, 2-4 PM.
NCV provides resources and assistance to help aspiring culinary entrepreneurs realize their dreams of owning a food business. NCV seeks to help small-scale food entrepreneurs succeed by providing a low-cost, shared-use kitchen facility in order to create business opportunities, employment and multicultural economic activity throughout Boston’s neighborhoods.
www.nuestracdc.org
The Country Hen
Join fellow MSFA members and guests for a tour, networking and refreshments at the innovative farm of The Country Hen in Hubbardston MA on Thursday, Sept. 13, 10:30 AM – 1 PM. Rain date Sept. 20.
Please RSVP by Wed., Sept. 5, to Ellen Callaway, MSFA Networking Coordinator, at
617-645-8080 or ellen@callawayphoto.com. This event is sure to be a fun and informative experience!
Directions: http://www.countryhen.com/directions.php or call 978-928-5333.
About The Country Hen:
The Country Hen believes in old-fashioned egg farming.
We removed the cages and installed windows back in the 1980’s.
Unlike the mass manufactured egg producers, our hens:
- Are allowed to roam freely within a barn and outside on porches!
- Receive sunlight through windows, not constant, low–wattage artificial light which causes stress to hens;
- Are fed certified organic feed that contains absolutely no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides;
- Healthier hens mean a healthier egg for you.
- Highest in Omega-3 essential fatty acids, all three types!
- Highest in Choline
- We mill our own feed right here!
Networking Event September 6, 2006, 3-5 PM at Debra's Natural Gourmet in West Concord
Network with MSFA members in the middle of a crowded community store located in West Concord. Debra's Natural Gourmet is one of the top 100 natural food stores nationwide (according to trade magazines), and is also the home of Stark Sisters Granola, the coffee and doughnuts of intellectuals, and, in other words, Stark 'Raving Delicious!
Debra's Natural Gourmet does indeed carry products made by many MSFA members. In addition, you'll want to check out Debra's cookbooks and the websites. The newsletter is terrific and features articles by Adam Stark n everything from Bird Flu to Autoimmune Disorders. www.DebrasNaturalGourmet.com; www.StarkSisters.com.
Stark Sisters Granola has four t-shirts. Come to this meeting, and let Debra treat you to a t-shirt to wear proudly!
Please RSVP to Ellen Callaway, MSFA Networking Coordinator, ellen@callawayphoto.com.
We are located at
98 Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord, MA 01742.
978-371-7573.
Directions from the Boston/Cambridge area: Route 2 West into Concord. At the bottom of the hill where Route 2 bears left at the light, follow that road! Do not go straight into Concord Center. You'll pass the intersection for Walden Pond and two more lights. You'll come to Emerson Hospital on your left. Not at that intersection, but at the next one, take a left off Route 2 onto Main Street or Route 62 in West Concord. Go about 1⁄2 mile. You'll pass Concord Greene on your right and then a White Hen shopping center, also on your right. At the 99 Restaurant and a fork in the road, bear right. That puts you on Commonwealth Avenue. Cross the railroad tracks. Park anywhere on the street or take a right on Beharrell and park behind the store. We're on the right hand side of Commonwealth Avenue and across from Phillips Wallpaper and Paint. West Concord is considered, however, the wrong side of the railroad tracks!
From Route 2 East: As you enter Concord, you'll come to the rotary near the prison. Enter the rotary and exit it almost at once at the 2:00 position, which takes you down the side of the prison. Take that road to the end (there's a car dealer, a gas station), turn left. Debra's Natural Gourmet will be on the left side of the road up a couple of long blocks. See above for parking. Remember if you misbehave when you come, you're awfully close to that prison…
June 14, 2006, 3-5 PM
at Pemberton Farms in Cambridge
Network with MSFA members and potential members in the middle of a country roadside-farm stand-garden center located in the city of Cambridge. Pemberton Farms provides customers with a very upscale natural gourmet market and features a full line of natural foods, organic produce, seafood, cheeses, breads, pastries and desserts, European Deli and catering.
A number of MSFA members' products are sold here.
Pemberton Farms makes and sells the MSFA gift baskets made up of MSFA members' products and generously donates 10% of the sales to the MSFA. The MSFA is very pleased to have Pemberton Farms as a partner in our gift basket program!
The Garden Center surrounds the Farm Stand and sets the mood of the season with its offerings of annuals, perennials, nursery, pottery, hard goods and a whole lot more in the spring and summer months.
Pemberton Farms is located at 2225 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02130, 617-491-2244. It is north of Porter Square and South of Route 16. See you there!
Please contact Ellen Callaway, MSFA Networking Coordinator, if you would like to attend. Ellen@callawayphoto.com Please contact Ellen if you would like to host an MSFA networking event.
Directions to Pemberton Farms:
Route 128 to Route 2 East. At the end of Route 2 bear left onto Route 16, follow straight about 1/4 mile to the first light and take a right onto Mass. Ave. Pemberton Farms is located about 3/4 mile on the left.
From Interstate 90 (Mass. Pike), take Allston/Brighton Exit through, then cross bridge, go left onto Memorial Drive. Turn right onto JFK Blvd and stay straight to get onto Mass. Ave. Pemberton Farms is about 1 1/2 miles North of Harvard Square on the right.
MSFA Annual Meeting, 2006
Lanam Club, Andover, MA.
Company displays/sampling, Networking, and a great dinner.
The MSFA is pleased to welcome Tim Sperry, Director of Grocery, Whole Foods, North Atlantic Region, as our keynote speaker at the MSFA Annual Meeting, 2006. MSFA members and their guests are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, 5- 9PM, at the Lanam Club in Andover, MA, and to meet and hear our honored guest and keynote speaker.
The Lanam Club has been described as "a unique and splendorous meeting place for business and professional persons and their guests." The house, originally called "Orlando," was built in 1916, and its beautifully elegant interiors and lovely gardens and terraces have been carefully maintained and preserved. MSFA members will have use of the entire house for the evening.
Several additional special treats are in store for Annual Meeting attendees this year. In addition to enjoying the elegant setting, we will experience the culinary delights of Lanam Club Chef Soren Christiansen. Soren has been a supporter of Massachusetts Specialty Foods for several years and will prepare delicious dishes using our MSFA members' products in the recipes. MSFA Members will have the opportunity to set up company displays that may be viewed by Annual Meeting attendees during the Cocktails and Networking hour from 5-7 PM.
Reservations for display space will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please send in your registration as soon as possible in order to reserve a space for your company's display.
This is a fantastic opportunity to network and learn about the benefits of an outsourced business model as well as have in depth discussions with Boston Baking's owner, Bob Boschetto. Bring your questions, thoughts and issues for what promises to be a wonderful learning experience!
Contact Ellen Callaway, MSFA Networking Coordinator, to register your attendance.
Join Hurley's Boston Soda Breads and Boston Baking's staffs at a unique Networking Event to be held at Boston Baking's bakery headquarters in Quincy, MA.