Food Network Project Launch-n-Lunch
Wednesday, August 6, 2008, Noon to 2pm
Rosabella's Garden Bakery in Bow, WA

Please join us for lunch & the kick-off celebration of the Puget Sound Food Network!

The launching of a new web-based project enabling real-time communication between consumers, farmers, and other participants in the Puget Sound regional food system—and facilitating on-line food-related transactions—is set for the first week of August. The Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC) will launch the creation of the Puget Sound Food Network at noon Wednesday, August 6th, at Rosabella's Garden Bakery in Bow (8933 Farm to Market Road).

Attending will be key food system participants, including representatives of the farming, restaurant, and retail food sales industries. U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Representative Rick Larsen, who were instrumental in securing the funds to create the Network, have also been invited to speak. The event will be co-hosted by Rosabella's and Northwest Farm Credit Services. The NABC project focuses on the portion of the Puget Sound region encompassing the 12 counties of Snohomish, Whatcom, King, Island, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Kitsap, Thurston, Jefferson, Mason, and Clallam. NABC staff will hold a series of community meetings throughout the region beginning in August to encourage food system participants and the public to be involved in the network.

For more information, connect to NABC at http://www.agbizcenter.org or call 360.336.3752.