PROVENDER ALLIANCE

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What a wild time, Anaheim! 🤘 We absolutely loved catching up with so many longtime Provender Alliance members on the floor, making new friends, signing up new members and learning from industry greats 🙌 We tried so many exciting new bites and balms and wow, there is just never enough time to do it all. If we missed you, reach out! Let’s keep connecting outside of these gathering spaces 📟☎️📡 A huge THANK YOU to Wise Woman Herbals® for hosting me and cheers to your gorgeous retail launch 🥂 Portland, we’ll see you tomorrow at the Organicology conference 🌱

We had a great time in Seattle yesterday at the Good Food Connections event! Generous speakers, meaningful conversations, brilliant brands, new and known, and so much good food. Seattle Good Business Network

🌿 Spring Trade Show Season is Here! 🌿 We are visiting Seattle, Anaheim and Portland - perhaps you are as well? If you are attending Seattle Good Business Network's Good Food Connections, Natural Products Expo West or Organicology, we'd love to connect! We're excited to head out on the road to gather, learn, and collaborate with organizations and leaders shaping the future of the natural food and products industry. Perhaps you represent a brand, retail store or like-minded organization and want to learn more about how Provender can support your holistic growth? Championing an initiative that our members would be excited to support? Reach out. We would be honored to tell you more about who we are and what we've been doing to lift up our favorite industry for nearly 50 years!

As we head into our annual strategic planning process this weekend, I can’t help but be reminded of why we do this wonderful work. Because of all of you - amazing people, showing up, and doing your own wonderful work! Take a little trip with us, all the way back to 2024, and enjoy some memories from our annual education conference in Hood River. We’re grateful to be on this journey with you all, supporting our vibrant natural food and products industry in the PNW!! Let’s start the planning & do it again in 2025 🌀 Need some Alliance love sooner? We’ll be in Eugene for a board Meet ‘n Greet on Friday night. Come hang out while we chat with local area leader sabout how we can continue to show up and support each other, and our planet 🤜🌎🤛 RSVP 📧 Info@provender.org

As we look towards a shiny new year ahead, let’s gather! ✨ The Provender Alliance staff and board, Mountain Rose Herbs and Farmers Union Roasters will be hosting a Meet ‘n Greet at The Mountain Rose Mercantile in Eugene on the evening of January 10th and we’d love to see you there. This event is open to members and ‘member-curious’ folks alike and will include a panel discussion by local area leaders on the topic of ‘Opportunities and Threats for the Northwest Natural Products Industry’. We will have libations generously provided by Falling Sky Brewing, appetizers and desserts from Mountain Rose Herbs & D'lectables shortbread. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with our Provender community to network, share ideas and come together to build a robust Natural Products industry in 2025 and beyond! Please RSVP at info@provender.org

Uncle John’s Band – Now More Than Ever! because we’ve "got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide" One thing that recent events have shown us is that we need to do something different. What Provender Alliance has done best for nearly 50 years is Nourish, Educate, and Inspire. All these things done with intention stronger, and awareness more clear, will help us all achieve different and more satisfying results in the future, no matter if the future you are planning for is four years from now, or another 50.  Where does the time go? Provender's Community Conversations will now occasionally focus on organizational opportunities by doing a “deep dive” introduction to some powerhouse organizations across our membership. At this event we will focus on The Cornucopia Institute by inviting their Executive Director, Melody Morrell, to sit down for an interview, and since any introduction is a two-way street, we will be introduced to, and interviewed by, members of their leadership, their staff, and their membership. We hope to come away from this event with actionable ideas that will immediately forge new links – and new strength - across our movement. Join us on Tuesday, December 10th from 1-2pm PST for our first ever member-to-member Community Conversation! REGISTER NOW! https://lnkd.in/gT8AUdeE

Uncle John’s Band – Now More Than Ever! because we’ve "got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide" One thing that recent events have shown us is that we need to do something different. What Provender Alliance has done best for nearly 50 years is Nourish, Educate, and Inspire. All these things done with intention stronger, and awareness more clear, will help us all achieve different and more satisfying results in the future, no matter if the future you are planning for is four years from now, or another 50.  Where does the time go? Provender's Community Conversations will now occasionally focus on organizational opportunities by doing a “deep dive” introduction to some powerhouse organizations across our membership. At this event we will focus on The Cornucopia Institute by inviting their Executive Director, Melody Morrell, to sit down for an interview, and since any introduction is a two-way street, we will be introduced to, and interviewed by, members of their leadership, their staff, and their membership. We hope to come away from this event with actionable ideas that will immediately forge new links – and new strength - across our movement. Join us on Tuesday, December 10th from 1-2pm PST for our first ever member-to-member Community Conversation! REGISTER NOW! https://lnkd.in/gT8AUdeE

🚀 Ready to take your food, beverage or personal care brand from good to most excellent? 🚀 Thursday, October 24! Join David Lemley, founder and chief creative strategist of Retail Voodoo, for a transformative workshop at the PROVENDER ALLIANCE Annual Conference! 🎯 🛠️ "Most Excellent Brand Audit" Workshop David Lemley has been guiding some of the biggest names in the natural food and beverage industry toward success with his innovative brand strategies. In this workshop, you'll learn how to: * Identify your brand's gaps and opportunities * Refine your messaging for maximum impact * Align your brand with its core values and market trends With decades of experience working with brands like Sahale Snacks, Essentia Water, PCC and other food and beverage companies, David brings his deep understanding of what makes CPG brands thrive in a crowded market. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/grbtYkxX 📅 Date: 24 October 2024 🕒 Time: 10:15 - 11:45am pst 🏩 Location: Hood River, Oregon 💡 Don't miss this opportunity to audit and elevate your brand with one of the industry’s top branding experts. Register now and let's make your brand most excellent! >>> https://lnkd.in/grbtYkxX #Branding #NaturalProducts #DavidLemley #RetailVoodoo #BrandAudit #ProvenderAlliance #FoodAndBeverage #SustainableBusiness #Workshop #Speaker #Speaking

So excited to have Gwendolyn back to the conference! Such a deep well of knowledge to bring to our community!