Sponsors and Partners
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2024 NATGA sponsors and partners
Thank you to all NATGA Sponsors and Partners. Please visit each sponsor and thank them for supporting our community.
Platinum Sponsors
Broadbent’s Country Smokehouse Meats
Since 1901, we’ve been making smoked and cured award-winning Kentucky Country Ham. It’s one-of-kind taste doesn’t get past judges at competitions, winning a total of 21 Grand Champion Kentucky State Fair Ham Competitions since 1967. The American Association of Meat Processors has named Broadbent’s National Grand Champion Winners four times.
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NewTown Truffiere
NewTown Truffiere is a 24 acre orchard in Southern Kentucky, established in 2011 with 4800 oak and hazelnut trees and dedicated to growing one of the world’s top culinary truffles, the “black diamond” or tuber melanosporum. We found our first truffles in the winter of 2019, shortly after being highlighted on the front page of the Wall Street Journal’s Food Section, “The Elusive American Truffle”. This year will be our fifth producing year and we are off to an auspicious pre-season start with Luca, our resident Lagotto Romagnolo truffle dog, at the helm. We will be offering tours and events for dogs and humans alike!
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Truffes Québec
Truffes Québec’s mission is to actively participate in the revaluation of Québec soils by being a key player in the supply of truffle-host trees, by contributing to the development of know-how and knowledge of truffle culture, and by facilitating the production and distribution of truffles produced in Québec.
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Asheville Truffle Experience
The Asheville Truffle Experience will rock your tastebuds from Friday through Sunday, February 2nd through 4th, 2024, with multiple mouth-watering sessions in beautiful downtown Asheville and environs. Guests will plunge into the mystery of this ultra-prized ingredient, of which multiple species exist—traditionally hailing from the deep, dark woods of France, Italy and Spain, but also cultivated across the States, particularly in the northwest and southeast.
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Jackson Family Wines
Our extended family here at Kendall-Jackson represent the best in the food and wine industry.
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Truffle Dog Company
ruffle Dog Co. is a source for Truffle Dog training, Truffle sales, Truffière harvesting surveys & services as well as management coaching and establishment of agro-tourism programs.
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Alpine Truffle
We produce truffle trees and establish truffle orchards, give consultancy and organize seminars and workshops.
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Seminalia
Purveyors and consultants of the rare and wild serving chefs and wholesalers nationwide.
At Seminalia, we specialize in American truffles and wild foraged goods. Co-founders Vincent and Camille spent a decade in the culinary industry, in three Michelin starred restaurants and James Beard winning kitchens and dining rooms, growing a deep love and knowledge of truffles, unique ingredients, and the story of the foragers and farmers who pull them from the earth. We firmly believe that American-grown truffles truly rival their European counterparts, and showcase them side by side to help bring them center stage and share them with the world. We carry American-grown European species, American native and endemic species, and European species imported from around the globe, in an array of a dozen different species on rotation throughout the year.
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Homer Fry Ranch
Farming Eagle, Idaho since 1890, Home of Eagle Truffles™️ and Eagle Honey™️
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Maker’s Mark
Maker’s Mark® began with one family’s quest to create a bourbon they enjoyed drinking and sharing with friends. That’s hardly revolutionary today, but in 1953 it changed an industry.
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Burwell Farms
We specialize in the cultivation of the exquisite Bianchetto Truffle (White Spring Truffle), which is harvested from the first of February through early April.
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Elora’s Truffles
Freshly harvested local truffles and truffle orchard surveys.
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Gold Sponsors
The Food Connection at the University of Kentucky
The Food Connection serves farmers, food producers, students, and consumers by cultivating creative strategies and partnerships to support a vibrant, healthy, and equitable local food economy. On- and off-campus, we support innovative and interdisciplinary instruction and research, and deliver high-impact services and programs related to local food systems development. We value Kentucky-grown food and farmers, fostering community partnerships, and leveraging research and education as a foundation for exciting events at The 90 and around Kentucky.
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Virginia Truffles
In 2007 we began our nursery, inoculating seedings with Tuber melanosporum. Our first acre of trees was planted shortly after. Our first truffle was found in 2018. Production continues to increase every year.
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Country Financial
Nicholas Kapple, your local insurance agent in Monmouth, OR
As you work through life, you may find you need to protect what you value most. Whether that’s your home or car or the loved ones in your life, I’m here to give you more help along the way, just like I help all my clients in and around Monmouth, OR.
As a COUNTRY Financial® Insurance Agent, I’m prepared to help you with insurance options to protect the people and the things that matter most. I want to support your insurance needs and help you worry less and live more.
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Silver Sponsors
Meter Group
METER Group is the world’s leading provider of advanced, cloud-connected, real-time soil-plant-atmospheric data that fuels environmental research at top universities, labs, and government agencies and drives progress in agricultural, geotechnical and industrial applications.
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Country Boy Brewing
Country Boy Brewing was founded in 2012 by four native Kentuckians with a passion for great craft beer. Country Boy prides itself on making minimally processed beers with high quality, real ingredients. Their passion for great beer shines through their core brands, Cougar Bait American Blonde Ale and Shotgun Wedding Vanilla Brown Ale. Their recent expansion to Georgetown, KY with the largest production brewery in the state will allow them to can their popular Cliff Jumper IPA and Halfway Home Pale ale, in addition to several seasonal offerings.
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In Kind Sponsors
Felco
FELCO power tools are at the forefront of agricultural, landscaping and gardening technology. Embodying Swiss expertise, these tools push the boundaries of performance, offering unrivaled durability and ease of use. Perfect for professionals demanding high reliability and precision, our power tools are the pinnacle of technological advancement, ensuring superior results with every cut.
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Hilltopper Creamery & WKU Farm Market
The Hilltopper Creamery & WKU Farm Market is a value-added retail location that displays farm fresh products produced alongside students as part of their hands-on educational experience within WKU’s Agriculture & Food Science Dept. We provide a variety of award-winning artisan cheeses, dry aged beef, greenhouse plants, and seasonal fruits & vegetables to be served to students on campus and directly to the community! Value-added products, direct consumer sales, and Agritourism are becoming an increasing percentages of farm profits.
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Visitlex
Lexington is a front porch kind of city. A welcoming place to unwind in comfort and style. A place to gather with friends and family, sip a glass of bourbon, and savor an unforgettable meal. A place where breathtaking natural beauty lives alongside a vibrant creative culture that you’ll want to return to again and again. We’d certainly love to have you.
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onX Hunt
The #1 GPS Hunting App.
Join the millions of hunters who trust onX Hunt to help them be more successful in the field. Route, plan, and navigate with private and public land boundaries, 3D satellite and topographic Basemaps, Offline Maps, and hunt-specific layers such as historic wildfires, possible access, GMUs, and much more.
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Orvis
In the words of Orvis CEO Perk Perkins, “If we are to benefit from the use of our natural resources, we must be willing to act to preserve them.” Orvis donates 5% of pre-tax profits every year to protecting nature, supporting communities, and advancing canine health and well-being. With a unique matching grant program, Orvis and its customers have raised and donated more than $20 million to protecting nature over the past 25 years. We invite you to learn more about our conservation legacy and how you can participate!
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