CLIENTS
- Wholesale Buyers
(restaurants, caterers, retailers, corporations, institutions)
- Food/Beverage Artisans
- Farms
- not for profits
- Food-Technology Companies
- Distributors
- Individuals
CURRENT
Coming Soon…I had a baby in 2025 so getting back on the horse.
ADVISOR/BOARDS
NYWCA BOARD MEMBER
PAST
Professional Development Classes for Chefs
- Collaborated with the new Amsterdam market/robert lavalva to create a series of professional development classes for chefs focusing on regional grains in summer of 2025
- in partnership and hosted by the brooklyn granary and mill along with guest chefs and speakers
- hosted 3 single day classes on bread, pastry and pasta
Maine Dayboat Scallops -> Downeast Dayboat & Dayboat Blue (Maine)
- 1st project: Organize pickup locations in NYC for the Community Supported Fishery (CSF), marketing, public relations, and introducing product to restaurants
- 2nd project: 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
- assist with events such as little island, manhattan
Norwich Meadows Farm (New York)
-1st project: Improving and streamlining marketing, expanding wholesale customer base, organizing internal wholesale systems, and promoting heritage breed chicken program
- 2nd project: Aid farm in researching and compiling documentation for nonimmigrant alien worker (H-2A agricultural workers) petition
- 3rd project: research commercial kitchen spaces to rent for added value production to sell at farm stands, csa, and wholesale
- collaborate on product development
- research packaging and labeling
CADE (Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, Oneonta, NY)
- Provide buyer and market matchmaking support to connect CADE’s clients and network with buyers and new market opportunities
- 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
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
Bien Cuit (NYC)
-Establish new test kitchen and programming at bakery’s Brooklyn flagship location
- Collaborate on marketing initiative for The Art of Bread
Timeless Food (Ulm, MT)
- secure new wholesale customers
- establish new distributor partnerships
- MARKETING SUPPORT
Topic 48 (NYC)
- Co-produced two day corn symposium in Nyc on September 8 & 9, 2019
Farm To People (NYC)
- Brought farms and food artisans on board to the website, research and wrote sellers’ profiles
Martin’s Farm (Salinas, CA)
- Set up new wholesale accounts in NYC, strategy and business development
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
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
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
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
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
Our Harvest (NYC)
- Source specific ingredients and products for online grocery home delivery service
- marketing support
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
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
Kinfork (Madisonburg, PA)
- Connect coop of farmers, producing beef and cheese, to wholesale buyers, focusing on retailers and distributors
Print Restaurant, Forager, December 2009-January 2013 (NYC)