Locavore 2.0: Food + Tech Entrepreneurs

Food startups are an emerging sector of the tech economy, with a growing number of entrepreneurs using the power of the internet to reshape how the food ecosystem works.

Join NetSquared and our cosponsor, UVM, for an exciting event showcasing food and farm-focused startups in Vermont and beyond. Our panel of entrepreneurs are launching sites for crowdfunding food businesses; software tools that can help grow and sustain farming operations; and online platforms that connect producers and consumers in new ways.

Our audience will be the NetSquared community as well as farmers, entrepreneurs, journalists, bloggers, technologists and foodies. Join us!

Panelists

Jeff Gangemi, Director of Partnerships and Communications, FarmPlate (http://www.farmplate.com/): FarmPlate is an online platform connecting farmers, fishermen, foragers, food artisans, restaurants, markets, distributors and foodies everywhere. FarmPlate is designed to provide a cost-effective and user-friendly way to enhance online marketing for real food businesses looking to grow their customer base.

Kevin Lehman, Co-Founder, Three Revolutions (http://3revolutions.co/):Three Revolutions (http://www.threerevolutions.com/) is the world's first crowdfunding platform wholly dedicated to farm and food. Its mission is to fund food through community by giving food innovators the opportunity to share their stories and eaters the opportunity to back them. Together, the community is strengthened, the food system becomes more robust, and everyone is eating better.

Melanie Cheng, Founder, FarmsReach (http://www.farmsreach.com/): Re-launching soon, FarmsReach improves the financial and environmental sustainability of smaller family farmers through financial services, access to inputs, technical assistance and information-sharing.

Joe Messingschlager, YourFarmstand (http://yourfarmstand.com/): Yourfarmstand.com provides locally-based online markets where customers can buy from their local farmers in one simple transaction and pick up everything at once in one bag.

Dan White, LocalvoreToday. LocalvoreToday (http://www.localvoretoday.com) is a group buying website for Vermont-based businesses.