Accelerating good food

Definition of Good Food Delicious, healthy and accessible food produced as close to home as possible, by family farmers and producers that use sustainable, humane, and fair practices A rapidly growing movement driven by strong customer demand

READY FOR PRIME TIME Getting Good Food Businesses GOOD FOOD = LOCAL , SUSTAINABLE , HUMANE AND FAIR!

GOOD FOOD ACCELERATOR: BUILDING ON SUCCESS MISSION AND VISION: The Good Food Accelerator, founded in 2014 as the nation’s first accelerator focused on building supply chains for sustainable local food, provides competitively selected fellows with mentoring, strategic support, and access to capital to help them scale up, thrive commercially and have a powerful ripple effect in the local economy.

Fellows receive an intensive six-month curriculum, are paired with industry-leading mentors, and are connected to potential customers and sources of financing. Core curriculum focuses on the key components of a well-structured business: Entrepreneurial Finance Leadership Operations Go-to-Market Strategy Fundraising Fellows complete the program with vetted business plans, market development plans, investor pitches, and financing plans. Every Fellow has the opportunity to be showcased at the annual Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference. By the end of the program, Fellows will be better equipped to run their businesses and implement strategies that will enable them to scale, and to meet with investors and lenders to discuss their offerings.

Farms and food businesses are landing financing through FamilyFarmed connections — $36 million

Jenny Yang Locally Sourced Transitional and Organic Soybeans Rapid Growth and Job Creation

Megan Klein Sources local produce for dips and juices Replicable HPP processing: Nutrient Dense

Jodie & Paul Krumpe Good Food is Good Medicine People’s Health Local Sourcing Committed to Organic

THE POWER OF GOOD FOOD “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” – Buckminster Fuller