Registration is open to buyers and other attendees for the first-ever Virtual Taste NY Producer Showcase, scheduled for Oct. 27.
The event, to be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., featuring 60 New York food and beverage companies.
Retailers, restaurants, grocers, specialty markets, schools, institutions and distributors are encouraged to register online by Oct. 20 at www.lakegeorgechamber.com/tasteny. There is a $5 fee for buyers to participate.
The Virtual Taste NY Producer Showcase will utilize Webex, an interactive video conferencing platform that will enable vendors to present their product and tell the story of their company in a virtual format.
Buyers and vendors will have the ability to communicate via a chat feature immediately following each presentation to discuss pricing or offer additional information. In addition to the virtual presentations, both buyers and vendors will receive an electronic directory of all participants before the event so that they can be both prepared and follow along easily during this fast-paced virtual food show.
There are 60 New York food and beverage companies registered to share their products virtually on Oct. 27, ranging from farm products to processed foods to alcoholic beverages and everything in between from all corners of the state.
Examples of businesses registered include Albany Distilling Co. in Albany County, Hidden Pastures Dairy in Lewis County, Kilcoyne Farms in Washington County, Send Me Waffles in Schenectady County and Whalen’s Horseradish Products, Saratoga County.
The Virtual Taste NY Producer Showcase is being hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Washington County and the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Taste NY.
For more information about the showcase, call the Taste NY Market at the Adirondacks Welcome Center at 518-487-0045 or visit www.lakegeorgechamber.com/tasteny.
The Virtual Taste NY Producer Showcase is a pilot project for the state’s Taste NY program and follows a series of in-person business-to-business networking events the program hosted over the last two years. Taste NY is the official eat-local, drink-local program for New York state, intended to highlight the quality, diversity, and economic impact of food and beverages grown, produced, or processed in the state.
Learn more about Taste NY at www.taste.ny.gov.
