Branchfood is happy to announce that Food Edge, our annual conference, is taking place digitally on October 21-23, 2020. The food industry is experiencing unprecedented change. Now more than ever, it is essential for entrepreneurs, leaders, and researchers to understand the latest disruptions in the food industry and be innovative. Food Edge brings together the industry’s largest brands, disruptive startups, and leading researchers to discuss the future of food. This year, we’re going digital, providing entrepreneurs and investors with key industry insights and actionable takeaways to help them adapt and succeed in the new normal. In line with our mission to catalyze innovation and provide valuable resources and connections to food entrepreneurs and investors, we’re hosting 3 tracks: Emerging Startups, Industry Trends, and Food Investment. Each half-day track includes industry panels/curated webinars and networking sessions, and is optimized to minimize regular workflow and drive maximum engagement and value to our attendees. Just like in the previous years, we are inviting more than 20 leaders in the field to shed light on those transformations, reveal the latest trends and breakthrough technologies, and share their perspective on where they believe the industry is heading specifically in terms of agriculture, supply chain, retail, and consumption. Some of our speakers include Isha Datar, Executive Director of New Harvest; Adam Behrens, Co-Founder & CEO of Mori; Michele Fite, Chief Commercial Officer & Strategic Planning of Motif FoodWorks; Seth Goldman, Founder of Eat the Change; Jackie Suggitt, Director of Stakeholder Engagement at ReFED; Nick McCoy, Co-Founder of Whipstitch Capital; and more. Tickets and more information can be found here: https://www.foodedge.co/food-edge-2020-digital Read more...

5th Annual Nashville VegFest Nashville Fairgrounds Outdoors at the Show Arena October 17 and 18, 2020 – 11am to 5pm Read more...

We will have live music, a family fun zone, vendors, food trucks, and lots of vegan food!! Cotton Branch Farm Sanctuary is our presenting sponsor. $25 – VIP tickets – enter the event 30 minutes early. Get a cool upgraded goody bag that is reusable with items different from the GA bags. Limited to 100. Get entered into our raffle and get 25 entries for each VIP Entry you purchase. $35 – VIP PLUS – Not interested in a bag filled with items you don’t want or need? Our VIP PLUS will be a cool reusable bag (different from the VIP bag) and also comes with our newest shirt design, Unapologetically Vegan. 35 entries into our raffle too! Make sure to let us know your shirt size! Winners will be picked randomly after the festival and winners will be notified via email. Prize Packs TBD. This year we are doing a suggested donation for our festival. Please donate $5 or more or get a free ticket to help our vendors know how much to prepare ahead of the festival. This will be a FREE festival with a $5 (or more) suggested donation. Vendors can send an inquiry by going to vegfestexpos.com. Volunteers can sign up on that site as well. *Food Trucks *Live Music *Family *Free Fac Read more...