Overview
The Passport Innovation Tour connects grocery buyers and CPG experts with local innovators. This month, the tour travels to Hudson Kitchen to offer our kitchen and select community members the opportunity to pitch their products and receive one-on-one mentorship.

Participating Businesses

• Avsome Brand - Avocado Functional Beverage

• Bleu Coffee - Ethically sourced farm-to-cup coffee

• Boomerang Bites - Australian Hand-Baked Bites

• Doro Foods - Global Street Food Meal Kits

• Gamsa Foods - Korean Breakfast Porridge

• Kreme & Krumbs - Small Batch Ice Cream

• Pasta Mamma - Sourdough Pasta

• Petite Île - Mauritian Samosas

• Poppa's Custard - Chilled Dessert Custard

• Purposefuel Snacks- Protein Bites

• Ruani - Adaptogenic Brownies

• Sangri - Sangria Beverage

• Yay’s Snacks - Cambodian Beef Crisps

Agenda

• 11:00-12:30 PM: Passport Innovation Tour Pitches (Closed to the Public)

• 12:30-2:00 PM: Bridging the Gap: From Local Innovation to National Shelves Panel Discussion & Networking

Bridging the Gap: From Local Innovation to National Shelves Panel Discussion
Join us from 12:30-2:00 PM for light bites and a panel discussion themed "Bridging the Gap: From Local Innovation to National Shelves" with:

• LaRon Batchelor, founder and CEO of Passport Food & Beverage and director at Whisha Coffee Distributor

• John Lawson, Senior Forager, Northeast Region of Whole Foods

• Tom Seymour, certified packaging and business development specialist, Bison Bag Company

• Djenaba Johnson-Jones, founder and CEO, Hudson Kitchen (Moderator)