On the heels of a successful Market Makers’ Workshop in Michigan, we’re excited about our next regional discussions. This month, we are hitting the road to meet with folks running Local Orbit powered markets in the Northeast and Lehigh Valley, as well as food systems and economic development leaders in [...]
Local Orbit Regional Market Makers Workshop | Ypsilanti, MI Thursday, April 25 at 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Local Orbit is now working with five terrific markets in Michigan, and as the 2013 growing season gets underway, we’re excited to offer our first regional workshop for Michigan Market Makers using [...]
The Field and Fork Network, whose mission is to “build capacity for a thriving regional food system in Western New York,” will host the WNY Connections Conference on February 24-25 at the Culinary Institute in Niagara Falls, NY. Keynote speakers Dr. Oran Hesterman, President and CEO of the Fair Food [...]
Local Orbit Founder & CEO, Erika Block, is in New York this week. On Monday she’ll be talking about the transformative role of technology in local food economies at the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s Annual Conference. On Thursday she’ll be speaking as part of a new series of talks [...]