Selling a food-based business while maintaining its essential character and role in the local food economy is no small task. It’s never too early to start planning! Come learn from Maine experts and food-based business owners, farmers, and fishermen who have successfully transitioned their businesses, be it to their employees, their children, or to unrelated buyers. Choose from break-out sessions on worker ownership models, legal and financial considerations, family dynamics, and more.

Cooperative Development Institute’s Rob Brown will be one of the keynote speakers with Bonnie Rukin from Slow Money Maine, and Co-op owners Susanne Ward (Rock City Coffee) and Merrit Carey (Maine Aquaculture Co-op & Tenants Harbor Lobster Co-op) will be panelists

Co-sponsored by the USM Food Studies Program, Cooperative Development Institute, Rosemont Market and Bakery, CEI, Maine Farmland Trust, and Land for Good.