Maryland Farm to Institution Workshop: Visioning for the Future

This educational and networking event will cover key concepts in the laws and process invovled in farm to institution food procurement, including an overview of Maryland state procurement law, and the Maryland's Certified Local Farm & Fish Program, navigating eMMA bid process, and discuss various models to establish F2I relationships. We will also hear about Value-Chain Coordination services offered from the Chesapeake Agriculture Innovation Center (CAIC) and 4P Foods, a distribution company focusing on sourcing from local growers, the University dining services managers, and tour a local farm to observe production scales and models for selling to instutitions.

Are you a Maryland farmer or institutional employee? You can receive a $100 gift card to participate in this event!

For more information or questions, contact Rich Kolm - [email protected]

Funding for this research was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 24LFPPMD1225-00. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

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University of Maryland South Campus Dining Hall, 7093 Preinkert Drive, College Park, United States

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