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Date: September 8, 2019
Subject: Food@Haas Newsletter




Hello Foodies!
Hope you enjoyed your week and the beautiful weather today. We have a few things coming up, make sure to check them out and join the board of Food@Haas this Wednesday for Happy Hour at Free House. 
Have a fantastic week!

Haas Events

Food@Haas Happy Hour
Date / Time: September 11, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: Free House, 2700 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 
Register here

Join the board of Food@Haas for happy hour and mingle with other members over some snacks and beverages. 

New World Whiskey tasting
Date / Time: September 25, time TBD

Our Distilled@Haas VPs (Scotty and Hodge) are working on bringing a new edition of whiskey tasting. Mark this date on your calendars and keep an eye out on CampusGroups, more details will follow.

Food Summit in Career Week
Date / Time: October 21

We are hosting a Food Summit during Career Week. Registration is not open yet but mark this in your calendars if you want to attend. We are bringing in incredible speakers and panels.


Non-Haas Events

Slow Money Farm Fest 2019
Date / Time: September 29, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pie Ranch 2080 Cabrillo Hwy Pescadero, CA 94060
Register here

Join Slow Money’s legendary Farm Fest, which brings together our community of entrepreneurs, investors, and food activists. Learn and engage about exciting sustainable food and ag businesses in Northern California.
The casual setting of a working farm is a hands-on illustration of what it means to bring money back down to Earth. Through the showcase and community potluck, new relationships and friendships are formed that often lead to further conversations about collaboration, funding and other connections.
To volunteer, use Slow Money's contact form.

MBArk2Boulder Food Leadership Conference
Date / Time: January 2-4, 2020
Location: Boulder, CO
Registration opens August 20 at https://mbark2boulder.com/ 

M2B is like a Net Impact Conference, TED talk, and natural products expo all rolled into one. Designed to help graduate students, recent MBA alumni, young professionals and undergrads accelerate their knowledge and advancement in one of the world’s most fulfilling and dynamic triple-bottom-line industries. MBArk programs include keynote addresses, food fair, workshops, field trip to food production and retail facilities, small group dinners, concurrent sessions, and plenty of peer-to-peer networking
Early bird pricing will be available through October 31, 2019; registration system open until the program sells out.

MBArk Core Program at Expo West
Date / Time: March 5-7, 2020
Location: Anaheim, CA
Applications will be available by December 1 at https://www.MBArk.com 

The biggest networking opportunity in the industry, with more than 3,500 exhibiting food companies and 80,000 attendees.


Recommendations for the Week

Late night food at Chez Panisse 
For those who haven't been or who had forgotten, Chez Panisse, a staple of the Gourmet Ghetto has a special from 10:00-11:00 PM Monday through Thursday where you can get a filet mignon with fries, a side salad, and a glass of wine for $27. Make sure you make a reservation!


 

Contacts

Want to get something on the Food@Haas newsletter (events, job postings, deadlines etc.)? Fill out this form or email our VP Communications (Midori Chikamatsu) with the event name, date/time, location, registration link, and a short 2-line blurb by Friday nights. It’ll be featured in the following week’s newsletter.

2019 Board

Co-Presidents, John Monaghan and Samantha Tannor
VP Finance - Damion Prendergast
VP Communications - Midori Chikamatsu
VP Careers - Erica Rhodin
VP Community - Julia Zhu
VP Campus Partnerships - Pang Sittakaradejj and Matt McGee
VP Alumni - Kara Hammer
VP EWMBA - Kyle Cook
VP Sustainability - Tyson Johnson
VP Tacos - Alex Saul
VP of Spirits & Cocktails - Scott Mead and Michael Hodge


Club Advisor: Will Rosenzweig