Resources

NCAFFA-WMA will offer the following:

Seminars & Workshops

• Seminars/Workshops on access to small business and economic development resources — U.S. Small Business Administration; DC, Maryland and Virginia economic development agencies.
• Seminars/Workshops on specialty food product development and access to food product incubator kitchens and mass marketers.
• Seminar/Workshops on reaching new markets, using social media, blogging.
• Seminar/Workshops on crowd-sourcing and other funding options
• Seminars/Workshops: on fusion foods and other influences, cooking light and healthy options including vegetarian Caribbean.
• Caribbean Foodways – Caribbean Food Cookbook Authors.
• Caribbean Foodways – Rum – Tasting and Promotion.
• Caribbean Foodways – Non-Alcoholic Caribbean Drinks – Tasting and Promotion
• Caribbean Foodways – Introduction and Use of Caribbean Spices
• Caribbean Foodways – Black Cake – Competition, Tasting and Promotion.
• Caribbean Foodways – Pairing Beers with Caribbean Foods.
• Caribbean Foodways – Pairing Wines with Caribbean Foods..

Scholarship and Education

•  Caribbean Cooks & Books – supporting authorship.
• Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship and culinary training.

Annual Cook-off, Exposition and Meetings

• Annual Exposition and Meeting with networking opportunities.
• Caribbean Food Competition Cook-offs – Best of the Washington Metropolitan Area (numerous food categories) with juried panel.