A Culinary Celebration of Women
Speakers: Day 2 Salute to Women 2025
March 24, 2025 | GEORGE WASHINGTON HOTEL IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
Panel Discussion
Taking Your Business to the Next Level: Strategic Planning
This panel discussion will explore the evolving landscape of strategic planning in the food industry, highlighting key trends, challenges, and opportunities. Our panelists will share insights on how businesses can navigate disruptions and will focus on the importance of agility in long-term planning. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how strategic planning can drive competitive advantage in a rapidly changing food ecosystem.
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Collaborating, Negotiating, and Surviving: Business in Real Life
This panel of experienced leaders will explore unexpected opportunities and challenges that they have encountered in the survival and success of their food and farm careers and businesses. Hear about a variety of topics from an experienced perspective, such as: negotiating agreements, collaborating with communities, encountering resistance, and learning how to balance personal and business identities. Whether you are seeking to learn from their experiences or to know you aren’t alone in your journey, this panel will enrich your knowledge base and perspective.
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Steep Road
The Art of Flourishing: Creativity as a Pathway to Wellbeing
The Art of Flourishing explores how embracing and expressing your natural creativity can transform both your inner world and daily life. This engaging talk reveals the power of creative expression not just as a skill, but as a vital force for managing life’s challenges and discovering new possibilities. You’ll discover how curiosity can be your ally in calming an anxious mind, and how viewing obstacles as opportunities can build lasting resilience.
Through real-world examples and practical wisdom, this session will show you how to weave creativity into your everyday moments, helping you build a richer, more balanced, and more joyful way of being.
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AI and Innovation in the Culinary and Agriculture Industry
This thought-provoking panel brings together leaders from across the culinary and agricultural sectors to explore how emerging technologies and innovations are reshaping our food systems, from farm to table. Join us as industry experts discuss navigating technological disruption, seizing new opportunities, and building a more resilient and sustainable future for women in food and agriculture.
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Nancy Craun
Founder, President
Root to Table
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Celebrating Women, Food, and Leadership & Salute to Women Symposium
March 23rd, 2025 - March 24, 2025
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