Cooking With Connections

Oregon Business published a feature highlighting Eugene’s Table and the work that went into launching Oregon’s first regional food and beverage manufacturing partnership.

“Typically, food and beverage businesses face an uphill battle. With thin profit margins, a heavy reliance on supply chains and competition from large national brands, starting a food business can be a difficult prospect.

Unless you live in Lane County.

Word on the street is the county is in the middle of exciting growth as a food and beverage manufacturing hub. More than 4,000 people are employed in the sector, a 16% jump from 2017. While no one person can account for the growth, if you ask around the industry, one name that pops up is Micah Elconin, head of Eugene’s Table, Lane County’s food and beverage partnership organization.”