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2019 WEEK AT A GLANCE

Food I Ag I Ideas Week is multiple days of speakers, events, tours, and demo showcases hosted in inspiring spaces with a build-your-own schedule format. In 2019, sessions were designed to offer perspectives from a cross-section of the ecosystem from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

 

We broke the traditional conference model by offering individually ticketed events and sessions at low or no-cost through the generous support of our partners. Read more about how it worked.

10/10: THURSDAY*

10:30AM-4:00PM
FROM FIELD TO GLASS: INNOVATION IN BREWING AND DISTILLING ($35)

Led by AURI, Renewing the Countryside, BevSource, and AgriGrowth

 

5:30PM-8:00PM
GROW NORTH'S CRASH THE NETWORKS HAPPY HOUR (FREE)

hosted by FINNEGANS and supported in part by Lazard

11:30AM-4:00PM
FOOD MANUFACTURING TOUR OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL

Led by FoodOps and supported in part by CliftonLarsonAllen

10/11: FRIDAY*

8:00AM-2:50PM
ENTREPRENEUR EDUCATION DAY ($45)

Led by Grow North

at the Carlson School of Management

and supported in part by Schwan's

9:00AM-1:00PM
FARM TOUR TO THE MAINSTREET PROJECT ($10)

supported in part by General Mills

11:00AM-1:00PM
THE FUTURE OF FOOD IN SCHOOLS (FREE)

Led by The  Good Acre and Minnesota Farm to School

10/12 - 10/13: SATURDAY & SUNDAY*

LOCAL RETAILER EVENTS
 

8:00AM-1:00PM
MILL CITY FARMERS MARKET

 

10:00AM-5:00PM
BELL MUSEUM

10/14: MONDAY*

8:30AM-4:00PM
GROW NORTH SESSIONS

at the Minnesota History Center

WHAT'S NEXT IN FOOD: A CONSUMER TRENDS PRESENTATION

UNLOCKING WHAT’S UNDER OUR FEET: INNOVATION IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

supported in part by General Mills

HOW ECOMMERCE IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF RETAIL

Supported in part by Lazard

A CONVERSATION  ON THE FUTURE OF FARMING

in collaboration with the Field Work podcast
 

THEY SAID I WAS CRAZY: ENTREPRENEURS ON SCALING THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR IMPACT

in collaboration with Esca Bona

and featuring Indigenous Food Entreprenuers

REVITALIZING THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS FOOD SYSTEM: SEAN SHERMAN, FOUNDER OF 
THE SIOUX CHEF

Led by the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis

9:30AM-11:30AM
MAKER TO MARKET SHOWCASE (FREE)

Led by The Good Acre and Lakewinds Food Co-op

at the Minnesota History Center

11:30AM-12:45PM
ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING LUNCHES ($)

Led by Grow North featuring community experts and leaders

at the Minnesota History Center

4:00PM-5:30PM
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY 

RECEPTION (FREE)

Led by the Canadian Consulate General of Minneapolis and supported in part by the McKnight Foundation

at the Minnesota History Center

10/15: TUESDAY*

9:00AM-3:45PM
GROW NORTH SESSIONS

at the Walker Art Center

BRIDGING THE GAP: BIG DATA, TECH INNOVATION
AND ON FARM REALITIES

Supported in part by Land O' Lakes

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH JEFF HARMENING, CEO AND CHAIRMAN, GENERAL MILLS AND JOAN GABEL, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

INVESTING IN GROWTH: A CONVERSATION ON CAPITAL ACROSS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Supported in part by CGC Ventures, Continental Grain

KEEPING GOOD FOOD FROM GOING TO WASTE

THE EVOLVING AND EMERGING WORLD OF PROTEIN

Led in collaboration with Puris

8:30AM-12:30PM
INVITE-ONLY INVESTOR SUMMIT

Supported in part by Compeer Financial

at the Walker Art Center
 

11:45AM-1:00PM
ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING

LUNCHES ($)

Led by Grow North featuring community experts and leaders

at the Walker Art Center

5:00PM-9:30PM
TECHSTARS FARM TO FORK DEMO DAY

(FREE)

at the Union Depot

*Subject to change

PRESENTING PARTNER

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