Upcoming Events
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Our calendar is brimming with exciting opportunities tailored for professionals, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts passionate about the natural CPG industry here in Bend. Join us at these engaging events to connect, learn, and contribute to the flourishing community of conscious businesses.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
DECEMBER 1ST HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee & Coworking
CPG Coffee & Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
December 8th @ 9:00-11:00AM
Dilly Dally Coffee
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
CPG Coffee & Coworking
CPG Coffee & Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
November 10th @ 9:00-11:00AM
Dilly Dally Coffee
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
NOVEMBER 3RD HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee & Coworking
CPG Coffee & Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
October 20th @ 9:00-11:00AM
Dilly Dally Coffee
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
CPG Celebration
Join Cultivate Bend during High Desert Innovation Week for an evening of great connections, good vibes, and a look at what’s next for our community.
Come meet fellow founders, makers, investors, retailers, and industry leaders—and help us celebrate where we’re headed together.
Here’s what you get by attending:
An Inspirational Talk
Hear from Katie Thomson about future plans for Cultivate Bend!Food & Drinks Included
Because nothing sparks connection like great conversation over even better food.Networking That Matters
Meet like-minded professionals, potential collaborators, and fellow CPG enthusiasts
Surround yourself with people who inspire, support, and encourage you.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
OCTOBER 6TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Women in CPG Morning Workshop: Plan for Sustainable Growth
Tuesday, September 22nd Women in CPG Morning Workshop
Business Financial Support:
Plan for Sustainable Growth
Bring a COMPLETED or WIP single channel finance model spreadsheet
(an example will provided if you don’t have one)
Who Should Attend?
CPG women founders in early- to mid-stage of business or those who want support with their financials.
*This group is open to marginalized genders including women, women-identifying individuals, and non-binary and gender non-conforming people who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of women leading CPG (natural products) companies and CPG-supporting companies in Central Oregon.
Why is this Important?
The purpose is to tackle our financial questions, challenges, and ideas in order to support each other and the profitability of our businesses.
Goal of Event:
To help women CPG founders be more confident with their business finances.
Attendees will be able to:
Do a cost build up for a sales channel
See how pricing affects your channel margin/profit
Attendees will leave with:
One channel cost model
Knowing your true channel margin and profit
An analysis of channel pricing so you can increase your profitability
Event Agenda
8:45-9:00AM
Check-in, Coffee, and Networking
9:00-10:00AM
Topic Presentation and Group Q&A
10:00-11:00AM
Individual Work Time and Feedback
Bend Central Library Tour
Think Your Library Is Just Books? Think Again.
The new Central Library has some seriously useful resources for entrepreneurs and business owners, and Cultivate Bend members are getting a special tour.
Market research. Business databases. Meeting rooms. Workspaces. A makerspace. Pitch deck research. And personalized help finding the information you need.
Members are already using these resources. One worked with the library to uncover market insights for an upcoming business presentation, finding information they wouldn’t otherwise have had access to.
Come see what else is available and discover how the library can help you research, create, collaborate, present and grow.
Your library. Your business. Your next big idea.
Details:
Location: New Central Library
Date: Monday, September 14th
Time: 5:30–7:00 PM
FREE for Cultivate Bend members
Register Below:
CPG Coffee & Coworking
CPG Coffee & Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
September 8th @ 9:00-11:00AM
Dilly Dally Coffee
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
SEPTEMBER 1ST HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee & Coworking
CPG Coffee & Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
August 11th @ 9:00-11:00AM
Dilly Dally Coffee
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
AUGUST 4TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
JULY 14TH @ TBD | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
**Registration opening soon!!
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
JULY 7TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
JUNE 9TH @ TBD | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
**Registration opening soon!!
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
JUNE 2ND HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
MAY 12TH @ Watershed Coffee | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
**Registration opening soon!!
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
Bring a friend!
MAY 5TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Built to Grow Workshop
Growing sales but cash still tight?
Learn how margins and sales channels impact cash flow and profitable growth.
How product margins and sales channels shape cash flow, debt, and sustainable growth.
For many founders, adding new sales channels or expanding wholesale feels like progress — but without the right margins, it can quietly create cash flow strain and increase reliance on debt.
In this Built to Grow Founder Working Session, food finance expert Sarah Delevan, Workshop Leader and founder of The Good Food CFO, will walk through how product margins and channel decisions directly impact profitability, cash flow, and the ability to scale.
You’ll learn practical ways to evaluate opportunities before committing time, inventory, and capital — so growth actually strengthens your business.
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
APRIL 8TH @ TBD | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
**Registration opening soon!!
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
APRIL 7TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Women in CPG Morning Workshop: Know Your True COGS
March 31st Women in CPG Morning Workshop
Business Financial Support: Know Your True COGS
Bring a COMPLETED or work-in-process COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) spreadsheet for one of your SKU's.
(An example COGS spreadsheet will provided if you don’t have one)
Who Should Attend: CPG women founders in early- to mid-stage of business or those who want support with their financials.
*This group is open to marginalized genders including women, women-identifying individuals, and non-binary and gender non-conforming people who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of women leading CPG (natural products) companies and CPG-supporting companies in Central Oregon.
Why is this Important? The purpose is to tackle our financial questions, challenges, and ideas in order to support each other and the profitability of our businesses.
Goal of Event: To help women CPG founders be more confident with their business finances.
Attendees will be able to:
Know what to include and not include in COGS calculations
Identify “hidden” costs that affect your COGS
See how pricing affects your product margin/profit
Attendees will leave with:
One SKU costed out with confidence
Knowing your true product margin and profit
An analysis of product pricing so you can increase your profitability
Event Agenda
8:45-9:00AM
Check-in, Coffee, and Networking
9:00-10:00AM
Topic Presentation and Group Q&A
10:00-11:00AM
Individual Work Time and Feedback
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
MARCH 11TH @ Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’re taking our meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
MARCH 3RD HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Collab Night with Special Guest: James Kelley PH.D
No agenda—just show up, grab a drink, and connect with others in the industry. This Happy Hour is a special Collab Night with James Kelley, Ph.D. (you may recognize him from our Office Hours event last October). James is consumer psychologist and entrepreneur who will be mingling and available for casual conversations about consumer psychology, brand building, and AI. No registration or membership required—bring your friends and feel free to connect with him and explore his expertise while you hang out.
EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk: Cultivate Bend Spotlight
Join us at EDCO’s February PubTalk as Cultivate Bend takes the spotlight featuring a CPG industry keynote and live pitches from member brands highlighting their natural products.
4:30 PM Networking | 5:30 PM Program
Program Agenda:
Keynote Presentation:
Elliot Begoun, Founder, TIG Brands
Company Pitch: Good Friend
Jerek Lovey, CEO
Company Pitch: Mmor Waffles
Ken Langdon, Founder
Update: Cultivate Bend, Katie Thomson, CB Vice President & CEO of Square Baby
CPG Coffee + Coworking
CPG Coffee + Coworking
A new monthly CPG community meetup!
FEBRUARY 10TH @ THE HAVEN COWORKING | 9:00-11:00AM
Grab your laptop and your coffee — this is your new monthly CPG meetup! Join fellow founders and operators for a casual coffee and coworking session where ideas get sharpened, challenges get workshopped, and real connections get made. Whether you’re heads-down building or need a sounding board, come work alongside people who understand the space and share your struggles. We’ll kick things off at The Haven, then take future meetups on the road to local coffee shops as we support and spotlight small businesses in our community.
*Please note that we will be gathering downstairs at The Haven. Once you walk in the main doors of the office building, you will see a Cultivate Bend sign. Please head left and you will see us down the hallway near the back patio. A CB board member will greet you at the front doors to help guide you, as well!
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
FEBRUARY 3RD HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
JANUARY 6TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
DECEMBER 2ND HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
Women in CPG November Meet-Up
November 18th Meet-Up
Topic: Profitability
Guides: Cindy Hayes of Freestyle Financials, Amanda Bedell of BCC Business Consulting, Meghan Toso of Luxe Accounting
What to Bring: Bring your PnL, COGS, and finance questions
Hosted by Barb Meyers of Fixa Foods
9:00-9:45
CPG Leaders Coffee
Are you a CPG founder, or do you work in a CPG business? This is a time to connect with each other.
9:45-10:00
CPG Leaders & Industry Partners Networking
Time for all CPG leaders and adjacent partners to mingle and connect.
10:00-11:00
Think Tank
Think Tank is a time where anyone can ask questions and get feedback on a specific topic. We will have expert guides to give insight as well as support from the entire group.
Monthly Happy Hour
Cultivate Bend Monthly Happy Hour
First Tuesday of Every Month!
NOVEMBER 4TH HAPPY HOUR
No agenda, just show up, buy your own beverage, and have fun connecting with others in the industry!
$1 OFF ALL BEVERAGES
No registration required!
Thanks to our contributing sponsor Crux Fermentation Project
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