UPCOMING EVENTS
Culinary Breeding Network events bring plant breeders, agricultural scientists, farmers, chefs, seed growers, food professionals, distributors, retailers, and curious eaters together. Designed for everyone across the food system, these gatherings create space for learning, tasting, and connection.
Part science fair and part food event, CBN gatherings are both educational and festive. Guests can taste dishes created with new and in-development crop varieties and meet the breeders and farmers behind them.
Whether it’s a tasting, festival, workshop, or field day, CBN events invite curiosity, conversation, and shared discovery—celebrating the diversity, flavor, and possibilities of new crops.
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Organically Grown Wine Conference 2026
A gathering at the intersection of organic viticulture, winemaking, market innovation, and the people who are shaping the future of wine.
Food is Life Conference
An annual gathering of chefs, physicians and allied healthcare professionals, nutrition scientists, and sustainability experts learning and working together across disciplines to transform the future of personal and planetary health.
Organic Winter Cereals and Cover Crops Field Day
Date TBD.
Field day featuring research updates on naked barley, winter cereal and vetch variety trials, discussions on organic disease and weed management and end-use quality, and delicious grain snacks prepared by Oregon chefs and bakers.
WSU Grain Gathering
Bringing together farmers, plant breeders, millers, bakers, chefs, researchers, and grain enthusiasts for several days of learning, collaboration, and celebration of regional grains.
OSU Organic Agriculture Field Day
Date TBD.
Field day to learn more about organic farming research with the OSU Organic Agriculture Program Extension team, featuring projects on naked barley and other small grains, dry beans and pulses, symphylan management, and common vetch variety trials.
Variety Showcase
The event is dedicated to illuminating the importance of organic seed and advancing a more inclusive plant-breeding process that engages everyone across the food system.
TOMATO FEST
A celebration of peak tomato season featuring tastings of diverse tomato varieties—including dry-farmed tomatoes—prepared by local chefs, alongside dishes highlighting buckwheat and conversations with the farmers and breeders behind them.