Here’s some information that came out of our June 16 joint meeting with the La Crosse Farm-to-Institution network.
Erin Meier’s presentation: DriftlessFFLaCross061611EMeier
Rosa Kozub and Lindsey Day Farnsworth’s presentation: Driftless Meeting Presentation-LDF-RIK
Food hub links:
- USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food – www.usda.gov/knowyourfarmer
- USDA Food Hub blog – http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/food-hub/
- National Good Food Network’s Food Hub Center resource page – http://www.ngfn.org/resources/food-hubs
- Potential USDA Programs to Support Regional Food Hub Development – http://www.ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-database/knowledge/Regional%20Food%20Hub%20Resources%20from%20USDA%20v1.pdf
- Making Good Food Work distribution conference, Detroit, April 2011 – http://www.makinggoodfoodwork.com/
Minnesota state-level resources and collaborative efforts:
- MN Dept of Health SHIP & potential CDC grant
- BCBS of MN/Center for Prevention – June 27 distribution meeting
- State Nutrition Action Coalition & MN Food/Nutrition Network –   Aug 9 Food Access MN mtg (partial funding via USDA)
- N team for NCR SARE Scaling-Up – to host regional mtgs
- UM Regional Partnerships – project/research funding/support
- SE Regional Partnership & SHIP grantees – regional food strategy
- A local project SE Partnership is sponsoring – Ridgeway F2S/distribution
i do enjoy the way you have presented this issue.