Familyfarmed

Good food accelerator: the good food eccelerator, launched by familyfarmed by 2014, provides competitively selected fellows with a six-month cirriculum, mentoring, strategic and technical support, networking opportunities and access to providers of capital or loans for new or growing good food businesses. Fellows participate in a program that builds business skills, pairs then with industry-leading mentors, and connects them to potential customers and investors.

Good food expo and financing & innovation conference: familyfarmed's major annual event to advance the good food movement, began in 2004 as the local organic trade show, the first event of its kind. The event has been foundational in building local food infrastructure and creating lasting relationships that have helped push the good food movement forward. A decade and more later, the demand for local food is greater than the supply, everyone is more conscious of where our food comes from, and large buyers including grocery stores, distributors and institutions are rushing to keep up with the rapidly changing marketplace. This impactful event connects all parts of good food movement by providing in-depth programming that helps grow local food procurement capacity, educating the public about the importance and impact of good food, engaging local school districts and discussing local, statewide and national food policy. Now the oldest and largest gathering focused on locally and sustainably produced food. This event has been rebranded as the good food expo after running for several years as the good food festival & conference, . The event has been foundational in building local food infrastructure and creating lasting relationships that have helped push the good food movement

Naturally chicago fosters sustainable and responsible practices while stimulating conscious growth, entrepreneurship and exceptional leadership in the region's natural and consumer products sector.