For Immediate Release
November 30, 2023
For information, contact:
Katie Baker, Executive Director: 208-495-4284
Rocci Johnson, Chair: 208-841-4743
FARE Idaho Announces Second Annual Field to Fork Festival: A Celebration of Idaho Food and Drink
FARE Idaho is excited to announce our second annual Field to Fork Festival: a Celebration of Idaho Food and Drink taking place at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on January 18, 2024. This one-of-a-kind interactive trade fair is a welcome mid-winter feast for your senses featuring Idaho independent food and beverage businesses. We showcase local products and connect the public and industry members with Idaho independent food and beverage producers, restaurants, retailers, and industry partners.
Our inaugural event saw over 650 attendees from across Idaho, and we welcome the public to attend our free trade fair, panel discussions, chef-led classes, and more! Mix and mingle with Idaho farmers, ranchers, purveyors, distributors, and a broad spectrum of Idaho food and beverage vendors and eateries. Attend panel discussions that explore what’s happening in our local food and drink industries. Stop in to one of our chef-led classes for a firsthand look at (and sample of) culinary creativity you can recreate at home using locally-sourced products. Celebrate, support and grow our local food ecosystem with us!
Preliminary Festival Schedule: January 18, 2024
9:00am – 5:00pm: Field to Fork Trade Fair at JUMP! (5th and 6th floors)
9:00am – 9:45am: Wake Up with FARE – Coffee Roasters Sampling (6th floor)
9:45am – 4:00pm: Hourly Rotating Industry Food & Beverage Panel Discussions and Chef-led Classes
5:00pm: Event Concludes – Thank you!
What topics and tastes can you expect to experience?
Our four industry-led panel discussions, designed to engage and explain, will include these topics and moderators:
- Innovative Water Usage in the West: Moderated by Daniel Read, LOR Foundation
- Coffee Talk: your Coffee Business, Your Community: Moderated by Matt Bishop, Café Mule
- Connecting Local Producers to Buyers: Moderated by Colette DePhelps, Community Food Systems Extension Coordinator, University of Idaho
- SB 1120: Legislative Impacts and the Future of Idaho Liquor Licenses: Moderated by Brian Ballard, Partner, Hawley Troxell
Our five chef-led culinary workshops will feature cooking techniques from these incredibly talented local chefs:
- Kelly Cox, House of Creature/The Original Fare (PBS series)
- Julie Berger, Tipsy Chef
- Jamie Webster, Das Alpenhaus Delikatessen
- Hana Mutlak, Food Land Market
- Thomas Lloyd, Just Eat Local + Thomas Cattle Company
Look for more information in the coming weeks on the detailed program schedule for the festival, a deeper dive into the industry panel discussion participants, and comprehensive info on the cooking workshops. All information will be updates at fareidaho.org/field-to-fork.
“Charlie’s Produce is honored to be the title sponsor of the Field to Fork Festival. This trade show is quickly becoming an important hub that connects Idaho’s small food producers with our food and beverage industry, creating a stronger and connected local food system.” – Matt Fuxan, General Manager, Charlie’s Produce
FARE Idaho an the Field to Fork Festival are extremely appreciative of Charlie’s Produce, our title sponsor, and our dedicated program sponsors for helping bring this festival and all our industry partners together under one roof. We encourate you to thank and support our sponsors; through them we are able to showcase the power and purpose behind supporting local, independent food and beverage companies.
Interested in signing up to participate in the festival? Reach out to hello@fareidaho.org.
What is FARE Idaho?
FARE Idaho unites Idaho food and beverage companies so that independents have an equal opportunity to collectively impact positive change within their industry. We strengthen the connection with producers and retailers, promoting Idaho food and beverage sot hat people know the who, what, and why behind their plate of food.
For questions about FARE Idaho, please visit fareidaho.org.
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