Oregon, Portland especially, is a great place to live, eat and
love...:-), try it, you'll like it...


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:09:44 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote:

>
>http://www.bizjournals.com/industrie...nd_daily6.html
>
>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/>.