US (CA) : Innovation, entrepreneurship and investment to fuel local food marketplace

Demand for local food continues to grow apace presenting opportunities for new and existing growers to enter and further define a marketplace that has the potential to increase their economic viability, improve the surrounding environment and create local jobs. Additionally this developing local food marketplace offers entrepreneurs from technologists to experts in supply chain management and more a new economic opportunity and venue to implement new ideas and innovations that have the potential to grow the local food marketplace.

One of the great challenges that new and existing growers, innovators and entrepreneurs is securing the investment necessary to start and grow their companies in order to meet this market demand.

To explore how to overcome these challenges and take advantage of the growing local food marketplace, Seedstock’s upcoming “Reintegrating Agriculture: Local Food Systems and the Future of Cities” Conference on November 12, 2014 at UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, CA will look at the innovations and business models that have the potential to help expand local and regional food systems as well as the funding routes that entrepreneurs and new growers can take to start and grow their operations. Click here to register.

The discussion will be led by moderator Wilton Risenhoover of the UCLA Venture Capital Fund and feature expert panellists Nicola Kerslake of New Bean Capital, Rob Trice of Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl, and Robert TSE of USDA Rural Development.

Source: conference2014.seedstock.com