Save the date for the next
FEAST! Local Foods Tradeshow:
March 20, 2025
Congratulations to the 2024 Tradeshow Award winners!
Read the full article about the 2024 Tradeshow Awards
2024 Local Foods Champion Award Ferndale Market |
2024 Innovative Local Sourcing Award Hidden Springs Creamery |
2024 Inspiring Social Benefit Award Indigenous Food Lab |
2024 SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Click here to see our FEAST! 2023-24 Sponsors
7 - 9:30 am |
Check-in/booth setup, continental breakfast |
10 am - 2 pm |
Buyers' Expo* |
12 pm |
*Lunch available while Expo is ongoing |
2 - 2:30 pm |
FEAST! Network awards and remarks + dessert buffet |
2:30 - 4 pm |
FEAST! Founders Forum
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For questions about the FEAST! Tradeshow schedule, contact Elena Byrne:
608.712.8340 or [email protected]
Hotel Accommodations
FEAST! 10% discount available - mention FEAST when reserving room.
31913 64th Ave, Cannon Falls, MN 55009, (507) 263-477
Buyers are registered from the following businesses:
Almsted's Enterprises Brine’s Market & Deli Cannon Falls Area Schools CannonBelles Coffee and Ice Cream Chris' Food Center City Center Market Cultivate Mankato Early Childcare Development Fox Coulee Fresh Farms Fresh Thyme Market Hutchinson Public Schools Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA) Indigenous Food Lab Market Just Food Co-op Keepsake Cidery Kowalski's Markets Lakeview Terrace Farmers Market Lakewinds Food Co-op Lund Food Holdings (Lunds & Byerlys) Mackenthun's Fine Foods Mastel's Health Foods Minneapolis Public Schools Minnesota Grocers Association MN Dept of Education |
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) Neighborly Gifts Oneota Community Cooperative People's Food Coop Pepin Brands Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Rochester Public Schools RonMar Foods Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Nutrition Services Roseville Area Schools Saint Charles Public Schools Spiral Food Co-op Strawberries Galore & More LLC Super Fresh Target Corp UNFI University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Waconia Public School District Wayzata Public Schools Wedge Community Co-ops Willow River School Winona School District |
Tradeshow Testimonials
“The show was an amazing experience. Due to the show and attending, I was able to connect with several producers I hadn’t previously been aware of. And because of those meetings, Kowalski’s has on-boarded seven new local lines so far.”
—Britt Lindemann, Kowalski's Grocery/Dairy/Frozen Director
"I focus my business on promoting local food producers. The FEAST Tradeshow helps put me in contact with those local makers."
—Kayla Yang-Best, Seasoned Specialty Food Market
The FEAST! Local Foods Network Tradeshow Planning Committee includes:
Jennifer Alexander, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Matt Barthelemy, Renewing the Countryside
Pam Bishop, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Elena Byrne, Renewing the Countryside
Brian Erickson, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Shannan Harris, Red Wing Ignite/E1 Collaborative
Allison Hohn, Naturally Minnesota
Jan Joannides, Renewing the Countryside
Kate LaBrosse, Kate LaBrosse Consulting
Brett Olson, Renewing the Countryside
Tim Penny, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Marlene Petersen, Renewing the Countryside
Jason Robinson, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Michael Sparby, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Sam Ziegler, GreenSeam
Cannon Falls Subcommittee:
Laura Qualey, Community and Economic Development Associates
Deeann Lufkin, CannonBelles
John Peterson, Ferndale Market
2023 PHOTO GALLERY
Congratulations to the 2023 Tradeshow award winners (see below)!
Learn more about past award winners on the FEAST! Blog.
FEAST! 2023Innovative Local Sourcing Award:
Spirit Creek Farm |
FEAST! 2023Inspiring Social Benefit Award:
Dogpatch Urban Gardens |
FEAST! 2023Local Food Champion Award:
Kowalski's Market |
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Tim Penny of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation presented the FEAST! Innovative Local Sourcing Award to Rick and Karola Dalen, new co-owners of Spirit Creek Farm along with nearby farm Uffda Organics, in recognition of their dedication to continuing the brand after the founders—who had been sourcing ingredients from them all along—decided to close the business. WATCH PRESENTATIONWATCH ACCEPTANCE |
Jan Joannides of Renewing the Countryside presented the FEAST! Inspiring Social Benefit Award to Dogpatch Urban Gardens in recognition of their contributions to building community in a variety of ways, including a new food shelf. (Read more about them in Local FEAST! Vol. 5.) WATCH |
Elena Byrne and Marlene Petersen presented the FEAST! Local Food Champion Award to Max Maddaus of Kowalski's Market, in recognition of them bringing in 7 out of the 34 brands that exhibited at last year's tradeshow. WATCH |
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