THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

 
 

Bay State Milling

Bay State Milling is an innovative plant-based food ingredient company based in Quincy, Massachusetts.  We are 5th generation family owned and have stood the test of time by collaborating with companies small and large to deliver the next generation of foods & beverages in North America.

 
 
 

The Consulate General of Canada

The Consulate General of Canada in Boston has been building business connections between Canada and New England since 1951. Our team of Trade Commissioners work along sectoral lines, including in food-related sectors and services. If you are a New England based business and/or innovator, our team would be pleased to assist you with identifying potential Canadian partners or suppliers, facilitating R&D collaboration and technology transfer, or supporting venture capital linkages. We can also help with information on establishing a footprint in Canada.

 
 
 

FOLEY HOAG LLP

Foley Hoag is a dynamic law firm that represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. We have expertise in industries such as life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, professional services and education. We also offer our clients market-leading international litigation and arbitration and corporate social responsibility services. From our offices in Boston, New York, Paris and Washington, D.C. we provide strategic legal advice that is tailored to each of our clients' unique goals. Foley Hoag combines powerful regional, national and international practices that share a common emphasis on client service. We are focused on what we do best: helping our clients succeed through the delivery of exceptional legal service.

 
 
 

Motif FoodWorks

Motif FoodWorks is an ingredients innovation company working to make plant-based foods better tasting, more nutritious and so desirable that people actually crave them. The company's mission is to unleash the promise of plant-based foods by taking a new, holistic approach to ingredient development that combines science and technology — merged with sensory fundamentals — to reveal totally new answers. By changing our understanding of plant-based food, Motif will enable crave-worthy products that exceed taste and experience expectations, unlocking benefits for everyone and our planet. For more information, visit www.madewithmotif.com

 
 

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter is a full-service Boston-based law firm. At Nutter, we have a dedicated Food and Beverage team that understands the unique challenges of this industry and has advised a variety of stakeholders in the food and beverage space.  Our food and beverage brand clients represent every stage of growth, from startups, angel, venture and private equity backed growth stage brands, as well as large nationally-recognized brands.

 
 
 

Rooted Food Sales

Rooted Food is a completely new kind of Foodservice broker. By combining the traditional role of the broker with the role of an internal sales team, Rooted offers brands a remarkably efficient solution that accomplishes the best of both worlds. By working with a limited number of brands, Rooted is able to build real relationships and execute long-term strategic vision for each partnership—something typical brokers don’t have the bandwidth for.

 
 
 

Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

Switzerland is a world reference in sustainable food and nutrition innovation. The Swiss Nutrition Valley is leading the unique ecosystem which emerged from Geneva to Zurich, due to Switzerlands deeply rooted agricultural tradition, an unmatched density of world leading companies and scientific institutions as well as a large number of start-ups in areas such as food, nutrition, life sciences or robotics. As a result of the intensive collaboration among local players, leading innovation platforms have emerged in the Lake Geneva region, including in the areas of precision farming, food chain 4.0, waste reduction and packaging, food processing and nutrition.