What’s Happening at SIAL 2022

Dillon and I can’t believe it’s the end of Season 1 of What We Want to Eat. In the past three months, we had the pleasure of speaking with amazing people in the food and farming industry. We’ll be back in May with Season 2. If you’d like to be one of our guests, please drop an email to macala.wright@emeraldx.com or dillon@realfoodrealpeople.org. 

Seminars and Cook Demos at SIAL 2022

The conference and seminar series is now live on the SIAL website. Over the course of three days, there are 16 talks and seven cooking demos. Here are some of the seminars Dillon and I are excited about. 

The Future of Organics

Presented By Alexis Carey, Associate Director for International Trade Organic Trade Association and  Tom Avinelis, Co-Managing Director, Agriculture Capital

Teas of the World

Presented by Gail Gastelu, Owner, Publisher of The Tea House Times

Benefits of Animal-Product Traceability

Presented By Steve Sands, President of PFG Protein Brands

Investing Wisely in CBD Products & Cooking with CBD Oil

Chef Glenn Cybulski

Find the entire speaker series and cooking demonstrations schedule here. 

In this episode, we speak to Dan Miller of Steward, an agriculture lending company that provides alternative financing to regenerative farmers and food producers. In this episode, we discuss:

• Providing loans to small to medium-sized regenerative agriculture businesses
• Financing urban and rural projects
• Funding secondary income streams, such as agritourism, in order provide additional on-farm revenue
• Growing interest in creating stable local food systems that increase the access to food for local community members. 
• Funding local, shared processing plants 
• Why it’s important to fund and provide access to capital to human-scale food producers 

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To learn more about the latest trends in meat, dairy, fresh, and grocery products, register to attend the SIAL America show in Las Vegas. 

In this episode, we speak with Rosella Mosby, the head of Mosby Farms that grows organic and conventional produce for grocery stores, food distributors, and food banks throughout Washington.  In this interview, we discuss:

• Farming 30 Minutes South of Seattle
• Being The First Female Farm Bureau President
• Farm Bureau Isn’t Commodity or a Good ‘Ol Boys’ Club
• Local Food Systems
• Growing Organic & Conventional Veggies
• Supply PNW Grocers, Restaurants & Food Banks
• Legislation & Regulations Harm Farmers
• New Laws That Could Hinder Farmers Supply Food Banks
• 100,000 Pounds of Ugly Produce Goes to Food Insecurity
• Agriculture is the Second Largest Industry in Washington, Not Tech
• The Future of Feeding People at Scale