{"id":122143,"date":"2023-09-05T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=122143"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:50:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:50:46","slug":"a-taste-of-the-food-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=122143","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of the Food Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Lehigh University Small Business Development Center, and Northampton Community College will host an event for those interested in starting or growing a food business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Taste of the Food Industry\u201d will take place on Monday, September 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Northampton Community College. The event will give attendees the opportunity to join panel discussions featuring expert speakers and participate in workshop sessions to learn what led others to success and what tools are needed to start or grow your culinary venture.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed speakers for panel discussions include representatives from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bayou Boys &amp; Wiz Kidz<\/li>\n<li>Chef Night Tonight<\/li>\n<li>Eight Oaks\u00a0Farm\u00a0Distillery<\/li>\n<li>Franklin Hill Vineyards<\/li>\n<li>FunNominal Events<\/li>\n<li>Hangdog Outdoor Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Local Mama Catering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Covered topics will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Starting and running a food establishment<\/li>\n<li>Food safety<\/li>\n<li>Culinary educational programs<\/li>\n<li>Mobile food vendors<\/li>\n<li>Expert panelists sharing best practices<\/li>\n<li>Developing a business plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001q4H9MQUwJgPdg5lFUGyqCRlQjK4V0sPlJS8963rAyoHZVTB7qoMJpF3dBPJ1x-tjLhtc6UnL4PZDoS0dkU8T0OsNYHHYonHfPZBZY_gDn4Tv0hgSEro61cUYE8-Sk1syiaIr77zJJhCk0ver9X8LqYUWSMVbCB-i5Jv-BUn2oWowwqwSKhWBZl8UiS0OXlf3_4ujEeU2B8IlEWLM8hqZTW86-HhhwC2qCAW6P7AXCWo=&amp;c=dx20pejLoWQvTWE5xtrUIozNdQc31cTguZ4MFysTvkqMR6PUT4UwKA==&amp;ch=rXI8zBYV_hpVnNe6jxMUTtMsWFoMRdmpTnJNrjzOs4NuAjHyIRGrIA==\">visit Lehigh University\u2019s website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBrittney Waylen<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration &amp; Public Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Lehigh University Small Business Development Center, and Northampton Community College will host an event for those interested in starting or growing a food business. \u201cA Taste of the Food Industry\u201d will take place on Monday, September 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Northampton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=122143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Taste of the Food Industry<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Food-Industry.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}