Buyer-Supplier Matchmaking Event

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is excited to partner with the MSU Product Center to provide a buyer-supplier matchmaking event.

These meetings are exclusively available to companies exhibiting at the Making It In Michigan Trade Show.

 
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is excited to partner with the MSU Product Center on the Making It In Michigan 2025 event. As part of the Making It In Michigan event, MDARD will host one-on-one matchmaking meetings bringing together purchasers including grocers, retailers, distributors, institutional buyers or others looking to source.
 
This is a great opportunity to get your Michigan-made products in front of Michigan buyers! Meetings will run from 1:00- 3:00 PM on May 7th in a separate room, near the trade show floor.
 
The supplier application is now open for the Buyer-Supplier Matchmaking Event taking place at Making it in Michigan! 
 
Applications can be completed at: Supplier Application.
 
To complete the application, you will need to select the "Start" button at the bottom of the page, if you are not already logged in, please enter your email in the text box.

If an account is found with your email, use your account password to login. If no account exists yet for your email, please create an account. Once you create an account, you'll be asked to link it to your company if we have it on file. If we don't, please create a profile for your company before proceeding with the application.
 
Please note that not all applicants will be selected for these Buyer-Supplier Matchmaking Meetings.
 
Questions? Please contact MDARD-AgD@michigan.gov.
 
We encourage you to review this video: Prepping for the Big Buyer Meeting video

 

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