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The Business Journal of Portland
<http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/agriculture/general/2004/10/11//portland/>

OSU's Food Innovation Center starts food fight

Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center in Portland is
hosting a contest aimed at bringing the Northwest's best food ideas to
market.

Contestants with a dream of commercializing their food product should
bring their prepared food item and a $10 entry fee to the Food
Innovation Center, 1207 N.W. Naito Parkway, on Thursday, Nov. 11.
Doors will open at 8 a.m. and judging will begin at 10 a.m.

Items will be judged on criteria such as taste, aroma, appearance and
market potential. The winner will be awarded a commercialization
package worth $2,500 from the Food Innovation Center. This is a chance
to develop that family recipe into a commercial enterprise, with
experts to help refine the recipe, identify a market, design
packaging, labels and more.

"This is not an ordinary recipe competition," said Sarah Masoni,
product development manager at the Food Innovation Center. "This is a
chance to create a new product for retail markets and possibly a new
career as our latest food entrepreneur."

The Food Innovation Center is a collaboration between OSU's
Agricultural Experiment Station and the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. For additional information about the Portland Food Fight
or the Food Innovation Center, check the Web site at
fic.oregonstate.edu <http://fic.oregonstate.edu/>.