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Recent RFSWG News |
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Food and Farm The Leopold Center is gathering information for a new Iowa Local Food and Farm Plan. Go to our Food and Farm Plan web page to take a survey. (Posted 7/20/10)
Four new working groups have joined. To learn more about them, and see the areas in Iowa they cover, vist the RFSWG Local Groups. (Posted 7/20/10)
A new book details how farmers can use cooperative marketing to best market their produce. Download Local Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook for free here, or order print copies here. (Posted 4/28/10)
Two grant opportunities are available through the Iowa Department of Public Health. Eligible applicants are the local boards of health; however, regional food system work groups could partner with local boards of health on local food system projects (farm to institution, farm markets, etc.). Both applications are available here. (Posted 10/2/09) |
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