Community Conversations

Come join with other Provender community members for monthly peer-to-peer, Community Conversations. We meet on Zoom on a Tuesday each month from 1:00pm- 2:00pm Pacific Time. Hear from and share with your peer group as together we share our knowledge, experience, and best practices for each topic. These are educational gatherings as well as an opportunity to network across our community with others who share your concerns. These are lively, stimulating events, and a great way to connect with both new and familiar faces!

Tues 7/23 /24, 1pm-2pm Pacific

AI in Small Natural Food Businesses.

Please join us for another Provender Community Conversation on Tuesday, July 23rd at 1-2pm Pacific for a lively conversation about Artificial Intelligence in Small Natural Food Businesses.

We’ve all done our level best in our businesses to keep artificial ingredients and products out of our stores and the wears we make. AI is new tool, already in widespread use by food businesses for many tasks. Some businesses in the Provender community are among the early adopters. Join us in the spirit of peer-to-peer sharing to raise the level of awareness of capabilities and opportunities that some AI programs offer.

The Conversation will be led by Glenn Ward, co-founder of BumbleBar and current partner in Snackteva, Fred Coutts, President of Waypoint Marketing, and Joe Wade, former Executive Director of Provender as well as former retailer, distributor, and broker.

We’ll share what we’ve seen in recent applications of AI in our trade and elsewhere. We ask that you contribute your experiences as well in the interest of making the Provender community better conditioned for the future where in our trade “there’s nothing artificial except the intelligence.”