The March 2024 Central Oregon PubTalk featured stories from some of Central Oregon's most successful and up-and-coming consumer brands.

Agenda:

Community Update: Cultivate Bend

Barb Myers, Owner, Fixa Foods; Member, Cultivate Bend
Paul Evers, NAI Cascade Broker; Founding Board Member, Cultivate Bend

Company Update: Broken Top Brands
Affton Coffelt, Founder and CEO

Company Pitch: Forth Distilled Goods
Ben Brewer, Founder

Company Pitch: Manuka Mana
Courtney Rebel, Co-founder

Keynote Panel: Craft Trends - Responding to Shifts in Consumer Preferences While Preserving Brand Identity
Jessie Higgins, Vice President & Team Lead, Specialty Sales, Toluna
Ashley Picerno, MBA, Marketing and Branding Manager, Crux Fermentation Project
Brian Hughes, Director of Marketing, 10 Barrel Brewing