CLIENTS
- Wholesale Buyers
(restaurants, caterers, retailers, corporations, institutions)
- Food/Beverage Artisans
- Farms
- not for profits
- Food-Technology Companies
- Distributors
- Individuals
CURRENT
CADE (Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, Oneonta, NY)
- create a survey on transporation and logistics for farmers and food businesses and devise solutions
- design a strategy to raise cade’s profile among downstate buyers
- lead a process to develop a strong cade marketing mission statement
- create a template for events
- cade ambassador
Downeast Dayboat (Maine)
- set up Community supported fishery partnerships and pickup locations and ensure success of partnerships
- Create framework for wholesale program for maine dayboat scallops
- Establish new wholesale customers
ADVISOR/BOARDS
NYWCA membership committee
PAST
Print Restaurant, Forager, December 2009-January 2013 (NYC)
- Develop relationships with farmers to supply the restaurant, collaborate with the chefs to do the purchasing, Institute sustainable programs including composting program with farmers and water filtration system, Establish CSA drop at the restaurant, Organize events at and outside the restaurant revolving around agriculture
Farm To People (NYC)
- Brought farms and food artisans on board to the website, research and wrote sellers’ profiles
Neuman’s Catering (NYC)
- Compose source and price comparison spreadsheets on several key ingredients, research and compile resources for an urban garden
FingerLakes Farms (Ithaca, NY)
- Introduce new farms and product lines to the company, supply chain logistics, creating new wholesale accounts
Wolvesmouth (Los Angeles/ NYC)
- Assist in organization of dinner in NYC
Bien Cuit (NYC)
-Establish new test kitchen and programming at bakery’s Brooklyn flagship location
- Collaborate on marketing initiative for The Art of Bread
Pig Mt (NYC/ Narrowsburg, NY)
- Organize community vendors for annual event 2011-2014
Balaboosta, Taim, and Bar Bolanat (NYC)
- Provide alternative ingredient sources
Top secret project - prepared foods and retail store (NYC)
- Primary role as farm sources and logistics consultant, specifically assist with business plan content and create detailed farm and product resource lists
Meadows and More (Flemington, NJ)
- Assist in achieving successfully funded Kickstarter campaign for a wild sumac farm
Norwich Meadows Farm (Norwich, NY)
-Improving and streamlining marketing, expanding wholesale customer base, organizing internal wholesale systems, and promoting heritage breed chicken program
Bare Foot Organics (Lebanon, PA)
- Secure multiple site hosts for CSA in New York City
A.B. Biagi (NYC)
- Propose transportation options for moving gelato product around the city and recommend a number of ingredient sourcing options
Sourcery (San Francisco, CA)
- Generate leads both wholesale buyers and suppliers in the Bay Area and NYC, research and compile sources for wholesale buyers around the country, farm data collection
Interrupcion (Argentina/ NYC)
- Finding farmers to supply the company’s needs in the U.S.
The Green Table (NYC)
- Research of mass production of packaged frozen meals for wholesale market
Maine Dayboat Scallops (Maine)
- Organize pickup locations in NYC for the Community Supported Fishery (CSF), marketing, public relations, and introducing product to restaurants
Bulk (NYC)
- Single day consultation for new retail food store concept
Ox Verte (NYC)
- Provide ingredient sources, logistical support, and menu suggestions
Nextdoorganics (NYC)
- Sourcing ingredients and products for innovative, full-service CSA and aiding in business expansion
NY Shuk (NYC)
- Secure co-packer for production
- Ingredient sourcing
Ulli’s Oil Mill (NYC)
- Source ingredients for processing; develop farm partnerships
- Transportation, storage, equipment and packaging solutions
- Market opportunities and outlets
Baldor (NYC)
- Launch mobile market initiative, educating buyers about farms and varieties
- Sought out and on boarded new suppliers
- Marketing, events, and develop community and industry relationships
- Part of two person team spearheading food waste initiative
The Studio at Beacon (Beacon, NY)
- Aid in recipe development
- Research and secure packaging solutions
- Set up supplier relationships for ingredients
Riverine Ranch (Asbury, NJ)
- Develop and facilitate dried pasta product line with buffalo milk
- Growing buffalo milk based product line
- Marketing and sales support
Norwich Meadows Farm (Norwich, NY)
- Aid farm in researching and compiling documentation for nonimmigrant alien worker (H-2A agricultural workers) petition
Our Harvest (NYC)
- Source specific ingredients and products for online grocery home delivery service
Creative Concepts NYC (NYC)
- Suggest new ingredient suppliers for catering company
- advise on marketing and social media strategy
Yolele Foods (NYC)
- FACILITATE INTRODUCTIONS TO POTENTIAL WHOLESALE ACCOUNTS
- PROVIDE NORTHEAST STORAGE AND FULFILLMENT FACILITY OPTIONS
Encore Restaurant (NYC)
- Create sourcing and supplier program from the ground up
- Provide marketing support and internal education on sourcing
Kollectiv (NYC)
- Introduce new retail product offerings
- product marketing support
- find manager for cafe and retail store
- Aid in organizing boh
- advise on packaging and cafe supplies
Martin’s Farm (Salinas, CA)
- Set up new wholesale accounts in NYC, strategy and business development
Topic 48 (NYC)
- Co-produced two day corn symposium in Nyc on September 8 & 9, 2019
Boundbrook Farm (Vermont)
- Find wholesale customers for rice crop (brown and/or white japanese short grain, broken grains, and rice bran)
I Am A Weed (Flemington, NJ)
- Seek out WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS FOR new regionally wildcrafted sumac tea beverage
- Target events at which to demo
Borough Provisions (Brooklyn, NY)
- Source food products and other categories for e-commerce website
- set up accounts with new vendors and producers
- Place orders with suppliers and manage relationships
Our Harvest (Hicksville, NY)
- source specific ingredients and products for online grocery home delivery service
- marketing support
Timeless Food (Ulm, MT)
- secure new wholesale customers
- establish new distributor partnerships
- MARKETING SUPPORT
Kinfork (Madisonburg, PA)
- Connect coop of farmers, producing beef and cheese, to wholesale buyers, focusing on retailers and distributors
CADE (Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, Oneonta, NY)