How and When to Work with the Food Innovation Center: A Conversation with Sarah Masoni

Please join the NW Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center/Right Size Investment & Infrastructure/ Scaling Food Entrepreneurs themes, and the Oregon Food Hub Network, to learn more about working with the Food Innovation Center.

The Right Size Investment and Infrastructure theme supports enhancing investment and capital readiness for small and mid-sized producers, processors, distributors, and value chain operators serving food and farm businesses producing, sourcing, and focusing within the six state region.

The Scaling Food Entrepreneurs theme distributes technical assistance and capacity building through partners and existing resources to support the connection and scaling of food enterprises

Sarah Masoni is a key figure at the Food Innovation Center (FIC) at Oregon State University. She leads the Product & Process Development Team, working closely with food entrepreneurs and small to mid-sized food companies to help them develop new food products. With over 30 years of experience in the food industry, Sarah offers expertise in areas such as quality control, research and development, product scale-up, and ingredient sourcing.

The Food Innovation Center provides a range of services to support startups in the Northwest and beyond, including Product Development, Quality Testing, Shelf-Life Studies, and Workshops and Training.

This event will be recorded and made publicly available in the Oregon Food Hub Network resource file.

Who should attend:

This event will be most useful for those who are interested in food product development, food hubs, shared kitchen operators and others who work with food product makers, packaged food product makers, and those who want to learn more about developing food products for farm to institution sales. This event is free for anyone to attend.

The workshop will cover:

What services are available through Food innovation Center 

How the Food Innovation Center works with the NW Rocky NW Rocky Mountain RFBC

A case study of developing an institutional product

Jan 30, 2025 10AM-11:30AM PST

Registration required. Register Here

More Questions? Sydney DeLuna sdeluna@luna-bird.com