Food for
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Culinary Conversations offers regularly scheduled MeetUp gatherings that include networking, educational opportunities, and speaker events. This MeetUp group is a partnership between the Grand Rapids Downtown Market Education Foundation, GROW, MSU Extension, and Start Garden.
Culinary Conversations, a MeetUp group serving West Michigan’s food industry professionals, is designed to strengthen the dialogue between members of the region’s food creator system.
Past Culinary Conversations events have celebrated LGBTQ+ voices in the food industry, walked guests through the entire food licensing process, presented tips for food photography on a budget, shared triumphs and challenges from female leaders in the culinary world, and more! Join us at the next event for education and networking opportunities.
Connecting local food creators
Thank you to our partners
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Downtown Market Education Foundation
Offering culinary and nutrition education and entrepreneur opportunities—all centered around the goal of creating a healthy community.
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Grow
Grow is a Community Development Financial Institution that provides responsible and accessible loans that expand economic opportunities for small business owners at every stage of their business.
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Start Garden
Start Garden was founded on the ethic of finding fast, inexpensive ways to turn ideas into actions. Today, we work to make accessible platforms to do just that.
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MSU Extension
Michigan State University Extension helps people improve their lives by bringing the vast knowledge resources of MSU directly to individuals, communities and businesses.