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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Crafted: The Market will host 47 Kentucky food companies that will offer samples of their products at the 24th edition of the award-winning show next weekend at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville.
The public show will be March 5 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. EST and March 6 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The wholesale show will be March 3 from 1-7 p.m. and March 4 from 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Kentucky companies from Maysville to Cadiz and from Fort Mitchell to Williamsburg will offer cheese, salsas, jams, jellies, marinades, barbecue sauces, pickles, candies, honey, country ham, bison, popcorn and many other Kentucky Proud foods for the 12th running of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s food section at Kentucky Crafted. In all, more than 300 exhibitors will be on hand for Kentucky Crafted in South Wing A with art, crafts, music and books as well as food.
Exhibitors in past shows have established contacts in other states and other countries at Kentucky Crafted. The event generates $2-3 million in direct sales annually.
For more information on the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s food section at Kentucky Crafted, contact marketing specialist Elizabeth Smith at (502) 564-4983. For more information on Kentucky Crafted or the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program, write to the program at 403 Wapping St., 3rd Floor, Bush Building, Frankfort, KY 40601; call (502) 564-8076, or log on to www.kycraft.org.
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