Long Island Vegan Extravaganza
2019-10-26 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Sisters of St. Joseph, 1725 Brentwood Rd, Brentwood, NY, 11717, United States
Come join us for a fun-filled day of amazing and diverse vegan food, vegan wares and local non-profits.
There will be live music, children’s activities and more.
Registration Link: Email info@veganextravaganza.org for an application
Name: Michael Strahl
Company: Sweet Soul Bakery
Email: Michael@veganextravaganza.org
Phone Number: 732-996-7659

Access to Capital: Food Beverage and Agricultural Entrepreneurs
2019-10-24 10:00 - 14:30 | Community Room, Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon, Brooklyn, NY, 11021, United States
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October Meeting
2019-10-16 08:00 - 10:00 | VeeTee Rice, 1377 Motor Parkway, Suite 305, Islandia, NY, 11749, United States
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Event Host
Host: Rick Migella
Guest speaker: Mike Winik – Our Harvest
Food Presenter: Knot of this World

26th Annual Taste of the Harvest Celebration
2019-10-15 | Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY, 11797, United States
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19th Annual Woman's Expo
2019-10-03 11:00 - 18:00 | Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, NY, United States

Avoiding Pitfalls in Food Manufacturing Leasing and Financing
2019-09-24 13:00 - 14:30 | This event is a Webinar
Don’t get caught off-guard with unexpected costs and considerations when leasing or financing your company’s facilities and equipment. Join the Food Institute for an exclusive webinar that will help you learn the ins and outs of food manufacturing leasing and financing, and make sure you know what to expect when leasing or financing your food manufacturing and productions assets.
This webinar will feature speakers from BMO Harris and Marcum LLP, covering topics such as: trends in food manufacturing and production equipment, financing considerations, lease vs purchase pros and cons, and the tax impact of the new tax law and accounting lease standards.
Sponsored by:
BMO Harris Bank
Food, Consumer and Agribusiness Group

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FREE WEBINAR - Best Practices for Branding and Marketing Your Restaurant
2019-09-24 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
Please join marketing expert, chef, and restaurant owner Marcus Guilianoand food, beverage & hospitality attorney Jeanne Hamburg, for a not-to-be-missed webinar providing tips on how to set your restaurant apart and bring in new patrons.
From Marcus, learn the top psychology triggers to use in emails, websites, business cards, and every other guest interaction, as he covers how to implement psychology-based marketing on all your platforms.
We have all been frustrated with marketing that doesn’t work. And then there are times we run a campaign that gets decent results. Confusion reigns when sales reps – from radio, to magazines, to banner ads – walk in and give you conflicting advice. What gives when it comes to marketing? There proven tactics you can use that, when implemented, can influence the brain to buy. When it comes down to it, the brain is lazy. There are close to two dozen reasons why the brain will make a quick decision and buy in a split second. It’s the same split-second decision that you use when you sit at the bar and meet the bartender.
From Jeanne, learn how to protect and enforce your rights in your restaurant’s name, design and website content, how to protect your restaurant from copycats, and create new revenue streams through merchandising your brand.
As a restaurant whose brand is critical to attracting new patrons, and retaining loyal ones, you will, or already have, faced those who use your restaurant’s name, website, or even an interior design similar to yours. By mastering the best practices for protecting these important assets, you can confidently handle these challenges and even create new revenue streams through merchandising. You will learn how to select and protect your brand as well as how to protect your restaurant’s unique design. So that you can promote all the favorable reviews you have received, you will be given guidance on how to handle rights clearance for using customer testimonials and photos in social media and on your web site. You will also learn how copyrighting your website can discourage copycats and assist in enforcing your rights, and the essentials of a good website development agreement, privacy policy and terms of use. And finally, you will also learn the types of contracts critical to merchandising your restaurant-branded food, beverage and other products.
When: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Zoom Meeting
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Mazars Food & Beverage Forum
2019-09-23 17:30 - 20:30 | Kimpton Hotel Eventi, 851 6th Ave., New York, NY, 10001, United States
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Food Truck Friday Back to School Celebration
2019-09-20 17:00 - 22:00 | The Good Shepard Church, 3434 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown, NY, 11756, United States
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September Meeting
2019-09-19 08:00 - 10:00 | Nixon Peabody, 50 Jerico Quadrangle, Suite 300, Jericho, NY, 11753, United States
2019 Gold Sponsors

Event Host
Host: Allan Cohen – Nixon Peabody
Guest speaker: Linda LaViolette – Department of Agriculture
Food Presenter: The Family Grub Hub, Eggcellent Quiches

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Food Development, Safety Regulatory Compliance
2019-09-11 09:30 - 15:00 | Taste NY at the Long Island Welcome Center, 5100 Long Island Expressway, Dix Hills, NY, 11746, United States
Session 1: 9:30-11:00am or Session 2: 1:30-3:00pm
pick only one session… please note in the case that one session is not full, you may be given the option to switch to a different session
If you are a new or established food entrepreneur with questions about product development, safety evaluation, or regulatory compliance, this workshop is for you! Join us as we explore product analysis, formulation review, product classification, & process controls & storage with Bruno Xavier, Ph.D., from the Cornell Food Venture Center. There is no time like the present to learn the necessary steps to safely bring a product to market & gain formal validation for regulatory compliance.
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MARCUM Food & Beverage Summit
2019-09-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Convene Conference Center, 730 Third Ave., New York, NY, 10017, United States
Food & Beverage Trends in 2019: Top Tips and Strategies
The 2019 Marcum Food & Beverage Summit brings together the best and brightest in our field – food and beverage executives gathering with others in the industry for an evening of networking and vital information.
Our panel will discuss the latest trends in the industry, which used to change slowly and allow the opportunity to spend time making well-informed decisions. How can food & beverage companies adapt now that changes in trends happen so rapidly?
The Marcum Food & Beverage Summit is an essential event for industry executives looking to foster growth, encourage dialogue, and inspire creative thinking.
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MTRC Coffee & Connect
2019-09-10 08:30 - 10:00 | CEWIT Building, 1500 Stony Brook Rd, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-6040, United States
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August Meeting
2019-08-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Wine U Design, 156 Engineers Drive, Hicksville, NY, 11801, United States
2019 Gold Sponsors

Event Host
Food Presenter: Chef McNulty
Vincenzo will be presenting the business origins, decade long history, current renovations, and future growth strategies of WineUdesign, up to and including our collaboration – the creation and addition of The Cook’s Studio in April.
Victor will then discuss in depth TCS offerings, business model, growth plan, etc. and more.
We’ll be sampling wines [obviously], and there will also be food samples from classes we teach – ravioli, gnocchi, sushi, Thai, tacos, etc.
We’ll also discuss TCS class discounts for LIFC members, both public classes and private events.
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Food Truck Friday Block Party
2019-08-03 15:00 - 22:00 | 3041 Hempstead Turnpike
Food, shopping, games, music, entertainment and more!
Hosted by All American Wontons & The Happy Pig!
A portion of proceeds going to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

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Marcum Workplace Challenge
2019-07-30 19:00 | Jones Beach State Park

LIFC Summer Celebration
2019-07-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Mazar’s Rooftop, 60 Crossway Park Drive West (Arizona Plaza), Woodbury, NY, 11797, United States
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June Meeting
2019-06-13 08:00 - 10:00 | Marcum, 10 Melville Park Road, Melville, NY, 11747, United States
2019 Gold Sponsors

Event Host
Host: Lou Biscotti – Marcum
Guest speaker: Francine Moshe – Wink Design
Food Presenter: Carol Leonick – The Holy Goat Milk Products

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Managing Food Waste in New York
2019-06-04 08:00 - 16:00 | Rochester Institute of Technology, 111 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
New York is taking food waste off the menu. Why?
• It’s expensive: Food waste costs businesses nearly $2 billion in lost profits.
• It’s unnecessary: One-third of all food produced globally never gets eaten.
• It’s a missed opportunity: Organic waste is a valuable resource that could fuel a more sustainable, circular economy.
• It’s the law: Effective on January 1, 2022, New York will become the sixth state in the United States to mandate food waste from certain businesses to be diverted from landfills.
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May Meeting
2019-05-15 08:00 - 10:00 | Certified Labs, 65 Marcus Dr., Melville, NY, 11747, United States
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Event Host
HOST: Robert Colvin – Certified Laboratories
GUEST SPEAKER: Mary Lee Kluger, Corporate Director of Quality – Certified Labs
FOOD PRESENTER: Sweet Soul Bakery

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Solutions Forum: Medical Device Manufacturing
2019-05-13 13:30 - 19:30 | University at Buffalo, 701 Ellicott St., Bullalo, NY, 14203, United States
Take advantage of the growing opportunity in New York State’s medical device industry, and elevate your medical device business with the help of NYS resources at FuzeHub’s Solutions Forum for NYS Manufacturers.
Meet with curated resources focused on helping suppliers of ceramics for advanced manufacturing, optics, electronics, and software for medical devices and applications.
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Influencer Marketing - Food for Thought
2019-05-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Hotel Indigo East End, 830 West Main Street, Route 25, Riverhead, NY, 11901, United States
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Join us on May 10th at the Hotel Indigo in Riverhead as we present another topic in our Educational Series, Influencer Marketing – Food for Thought.
Food Manufacturing and related product brands stand to benefit tremendously from this event as the role of influencers and online promotion continue to be a driving force in capturing and engaging with customers.
At this event you will be treated to a beautiful farm to table lunch while receiving some amazing tricks of the trade and invaluable insights from our expert panel moderated by Jena Bitsko of Hotel Indigo.
SCHEDULE
10:00-10:30AM Registration and Networking
10:30-11:30AM Keynote
11:30AM Farm to Table Lunch
12:00-1:00PM Panel Discussion
LOCATION & CONTACT INFO
Hotel Indigo: Long Island – East End
1830 West Main Street, Rt. 25, Riverhead, New York 11901
Phone: (631) 369-2200
MODERATOR
Jena Bitsko – Marketing Manager, Hotel Indigo
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Don DiLillo – Sprouts R Us
GUEST SPEAKER
Cynthia Colon – Program Manager – Manufacturing & Technology Resource Consortium (MTRC)
Influencers/Panel Participants:
Christina Kamel- @TravelLongIsland
Melissa Mooney – @LIEats
Gabby Sizemore – @EatingLongIsland
Amanda Doherty – @TheLIFoodie
Meg Colford – @WhiskeyAndAprons
Nicole Schwartz – @LILoveAtFirstBite
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China Food Expo
2019-05-09 - 2019-05-12 | NY
China International Food Expo
Held in the International Food Expo Center in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province.
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NYSTAR Defense Workshop
2019-05-03 08:30 - 15:00 | The Gerstner (IBM) Learning Center, 20 Old Post Road, Armonk, NY, 10504, United States
Anyone can tell you that markets are uncertain. Keeping all your eggs in one basket can put your revenue at risk; diversification is the key to resilience. Get connected with the right resources, discover new funding opportunities and learn more at NYSTAR’s Defense Workshop!

Meet directly with hand-picked business and technology experts in one-on-one consultations
Learn about funding opportunities
Participate in the cybersecurity breakout session
Listen and learn as our panel members discuss dual technology issues and best practices

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Home Run to End Hunger
2019-05-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Citi Field, New York City, NY, United States
Location Address: Citi Field
Date/Time: May 1 5:10pm
Event Cost: $185 special pricing for LIFC members, call Erin at 631-873-4775
Event Description: Join us on May 1, 2019 for the annual Home Run to End Hunger presented by Petro Home Services at Citi Field. Each year, hundreds of Long Islanders who care about our local neighbors living with food insecurity and poverty come together to raise awareness and funds, so nobody has to go to bed hungry. The pre-game celebration in the Foxwoods Club begins at 5:10pm; VIP event in the owner’s suite beings at 6pm.
The evening begins with an exciting pre-game celebration in the Foxwoods Club where you and your guests will enjoy dinner & drinks and an appearance by Mr. Met followed by reserved seating to watch what’s sure to be a great game.This is a great event to mix and mingle with friends and family PLUS field level seats, especially chosen for you!
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Enjoy our exclusive VIP event in the NY Mets Owner’s Suite where you will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch the game in true luxury! Enjoy a special menu of food and drinks, while networking with prominent members of business community.
Limited availability, please click link below for tickets or call Erin Murphy 631-873-4775.
*Purchase of tickets to this event are final sale and are not subject to exchange or alternate rain date. * Subject to availability
Event Sponsor: Island Harvest
Registration Link: https://www.islandharvest.org/event/home-run-to-end-hunger-2019/
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Stamp Out Hunger Kick-off Breakfast
2019-04-26 08:30 - 10:30 | Island Harvest, 126 Spagnoli Road, Melville, NY, 11747, United States
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Export Operations & Regulations Seminar
2019-04-17 08:00 - 12:00 | NYIT de Seversky Mansion, 1 Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury, NY, 11568, United States
This is the second day of a 2-day event.
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Export Operations & Regulations Seminar
2019-04-16 08:00 - 16:00 | NYIT de Seversky Mansion, 1 Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury, NY, 11568, United States
Tuesday April 16th 8:00 am – 4:00 pm and Wednesday April 17th 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
*Two Breakfasts and One Lunch*
NYIT de Seversky Mansion Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury, NY 11568
The U.S. Commercial Service on Long Island and its strategic partners the New York Institute for Technology and the National Institute for World Trade, will co-host a one-and-a-half-day export compliance seminar. Seminar will cover comprehensive export
operations, regulatory guidelines, and how to navigate through the export controls to sell controlled products in foreign markets.
$125.00 per person
Registration includes: Textbook & Workshop M aterials
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MTRC - Coffee & Connect
2019-04-09 08:30 - 11:00 | CEWIT building, 1500 Stony Brook Rd, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-6040, United States
Rapid Prototyping User Facility, Ribbon Cutting & Open House
We are back at CEWIT this month to cut the ribbon on our new Rapid Prototyping User Facility!
Join us for a tour of the facility. Learn about the equipment, meet the team and find out how your company can reduce the cost of rapid prototyping.
We look forward to seeing you!
Free to attend, but registration is required!
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Women in STEM Leadership Program
2019-04-09 | NY
Tuesday, April 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2019
Program Fee: $4,700
The Women in STEM Leadership Program is designed as an immersive program with meals and evening programs included. A block of rooms with a special rate has been reserved for participants at the Stony Brook Hilton.
For more information and to book a room, click HERE. (Group Reference Code: STEM19)
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