Food Forward:
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Join us for a special food and beverage presentation and networking event featuring representatives from the Specialty Food Association. Organizers of North America's largest food trade show, The Fancy Food Show, the SFA works to "create, connect, support, and share the extraordinary experience of specialty food with the world."
About the Speaker:
Ron Tanner is Vice President, Philanthropy, Government & Industry Relations for the Specialty Food Association, owner of the Fancy Food Shows®, and the publisher of Specialty Food Magazine. Ron has worked for the Specialty Food Association, and its 3,200+ members, since 1987. Prior to joining the Specialty Food Association, Ron worked for 10 years as an editor with Progressive Grocer Magazine.
The Specialty Food Association presents 40 educational programs each year. Ron has appeared on The Today Show, CNN and Food Network, and has been quoted in Newsweek, The New York Times, and Parade Magazine. He has an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University in New York City, and a B.A. in English and Communications Studies from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Ron lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
