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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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