association news
Help Fight Hunger After the Winter
Fancy Food Show
The Specialty Food Association will partner with Food
Recovery Network to collect exhibitor donations from
the 2019 Winter Fancy Food Show. As part of last year's
post-Show effort, about 118,000 pounds of specialty
food was collected from exhibitors.
Food Recovery Network volunteers will collect food
from this year's show for Bay Area hunger relief charity
Delancey Street Foundation, a residential organization
that supports individuals through job training and other
reentry programs.
To participate, exhibitors can fill out a form that will be
dropped at their booth on the last day of the show.—A.F.
Show Us Your Fancy Food
Booth
Winter Fancy Food Show exhibitors can
show the Specialty Food Association how
they've decked out their booth at the
show for a chance to win a $500 Amazon
gift card. The winner will also be featured
in the Spring issue of Specialty Food
Magazine.
To enter, exhibitors may visit
specialtyfood.com/fancyfoodboothcon-
test and submit a picture of their Winter
Fancy Food Show booth. Then, follow
the SFA on Instagram (specialtyfood
association) to see all #FancyFoodBooth
submissions and coverage of the Winter
Show.
The Fancy Food Booth contest is
open from January 13 to January 16, 2019.
Winners will be chosen on or around
February 4, 2019.—A.F.
SFA Realigns Its Volunteer
Leadership
The Specialty Food Association is realigning its previ-
ous member-focused volunteer structure of councils
and committees with a new approach meant to be
more inclusive and engaging. The former structure
focused on channels of trade or business, such as the
Producer/Supplier Council or Natural & Organic Council.
The new approach will focus on SFA initiatives and will
bring together different segments of the industry to
address these subjects as Industry Working Groups.
The IWGs will be Recognition, Regulatory & Legislative,
Preparedness/Education, and Events. Each IWG will
have up to 15 members.
To introduce the new structure and listen to mem-
ber concerns, SFA will host three "Speak Up" open
forums at the 2019 Winter and Summer Fancy Food
Shows. During these sessions, members can voice their
insights on how SFA can help them better operate their
businesses and be a voice for the specialty food indus-
try. The Speak Ups will be: Buyer, Distributor/Broker,
and Maker. All members are welcome to attend and let
their voices be heard.
Speak Ups will be governed by a chair, vice chair,
and secretary, who will assist in the agenda preparation.
A full description of the roles and responsibilities can be
found at specialtyfood.com/news/article/roles-responsibili-
ties-sfa-industry-working-groups-and-speak-ups.—A.F.
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