Local Food & Economic Development Resources
For information about the Six Rivers Cooperative providing a wide variety of local food to restaurants, institutions, and local cooperatives and grocery stores in Wisconsin and Minnesota contact Maurice Smith at maurice(at)chibardun.net
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Resources
Past Minutes & Agendas for the Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network
Grant and Funding Oportunities
Food systems and related links
 Local
Food Network Contacts (1 page, 15 KB) - For more information
about the Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network, please
contact any of our regional partipants or supporting agency
staff. - Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Proposal 2006
- Food Circles Networking
Project: Connecting Farmers, Consumers,
and Communities - University of Missouri Extension
- Grown Locally - Iowa
- Improving
Access to Healthy Foods (8 pages, 608 KB)
- Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas
- John Mesko's PPT presentation titled "Local Food System for Hancock County"
- Southeastern Massachussets BUY LOCAL (SEMAP)
- SuperiorGrown
- Local Harvest
- SlowFood USA
- Home Delivered Grocery Study, Michigan State University
- Southeast Minnesota Food Network
- Bridging Brown County, Minnesota
- Red Tomato - Massachussets
- Renewing the Countryside - Green Routes program
- Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Crops
- Kellogg
Foundation-Talking Points (3 pages, 17 KB)
Our system of producing and distributing food has effects on every aspect of our lives and our society - it's like the system of blood vessels that extends to every part of our bodies.
- Program on Agriculture and Technology Studies, UW-Madison
- Wisconsin Food Security Project
- Savor Wisconsin
- Spirit of Humane - Tools for Humane Slaughter
- River Country RC & D Council
- USDA Farmer's Market Website (with economic info)
- Wisconsin
Local Food Wiki - Mission: Creating Statewide connections
for learning from the experiences of Wisconsin local food
initiatives. We foster learning for local and regional action
through networking and dialogue.
Agri-tourism and Marketing Resources
 2007 DATCP Accessing Local Markets Food Buyer Report- Agri-tourism checklist
- Agri-tourism
Resources on the Web
- Center for Integrated
Ag Studies
- Chefs Collaborative
- Counties
and Local Food Systems: Ensuring Healthy Foods,
Nuturing Healthy Children (22 pages, 462 KB)
- Entertainment Farming and Agri-Tourism Business Management Guide
- Farm
to School Basics - Barron County (1 page, 12 KB) What is
Farm to School? Schools buy and feature farm fresh foods such
as fruits and vegetables, eggs, honey, meat, and beans on their
menus. Learn about the local resources available in Barron County.
- Farmer's Market Magazine
- Food Alliance
- Food Marketing and Processing (University of Nebraska)
- Healthcare without Harm - Farm to Hospital
- Planning
an Event - Consider Serving Local Food: If you have
any interest in local foods or serving local foods at workshops/conferences,
please consider this UW Publication by
Diane Mayerfeld, Rose Skora, Jack Kaestner, and Deb Deacon.
- Specialty
Niche Crop Profiles (44 pages, 4.42 MB) by Richard
H. Molinar UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno UC Davis Small
Farm Program
- (10
Ten Ag Marketing Websites!!!)
- Top 10 Websites for Value-Added Ag
Marketing
- Working
with Retail Buyers - link to report on CIAS website
- UW-Eau Claire Small Business Development Center
Regulations
- 2007 Updated fact sheets summarizing food regulations
Both fact sheets are intended to be simple road maps to help
with decisions on sourcing food and where to get more specific
information. We hope to increase the amount of local
food produced, purchased and consumed in Wisconsin and want
to make sure that producers and institutions are aware that
local restaurants, grocers, hospitals, etc. can buy
from local producers. In some cases, such as raw agricultural
fruits and vegetables, no license is required.
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