INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS:

• brochure[PDF]
• RFSWG poster [PDF]
• "About RFSWG" presentation (05/2010) [PDF]
• RFSWG goals (10/2006) [PDF]
• Developing a Viable and Sustainable Regional Food System: Suggestions for Community-Based Groups, developed by a subcommittee of the RFSWG (08/2006) [PDF]

LOCAL GROUPS:

• Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership
  • Evaluating Economic Impacts of Local Food Purchasing in Several Market Channels in Black Hawk and Surrounding Counties (2005) [PDF]
• Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition
  • Northeast Iowa Local Food Survey Summary Report (07/2007) [PDF]
  • Update for Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition (06/2007) [PDF]
  • Developing a Vibrant Food and Farm Economy in Northeast Iowa (03/2007) [PDF], an update of the Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition and the group's Food and Fitness Initiative (12/2006) [PDF]
• Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative
  • Update for Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative (06/2007) [PDF]
  • The Cultivators: Cultivating a Regional Food System in Southwest Iowa (12/2006) [PDF]
• Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa
  • Update for Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa (formerly Southeast Iowa Local Food Network) (06/2007) [PDF]
  • Developing a Sustainable Food System in Southeast Iowa (12/2006) [PDF]
• Northwest Iowa Regional Local Foods
• County of Marshall Initiative in Diversified Agriculture

GRANTS: 

• Regional Food Systems Working Group Grants (2004–2009) [PDF]
• Grants awarded for three regional food efforts in Iowa (12/2006)

OTHER MATERIALS:

• View the Athens, Ohio 30Mile Meal Project [PDF]and the Tri-State Farm and Food Conference Processing and Aggregation presentation [PDF]. Also available is the Economic Case for Local Food Systems presented by the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks [PDF]
• 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.
• Best practice proceedings (04/2008) [PDF]
• Analysis and Comparison of the Technical and Business Planning Needs of Iowa Farmers Marketing Directly to Consumers and Iowa Farmers Marketing through Supply Chains (06/2006), Connie Hardy, Mary Holz-Clause, Craig Chase, ISU Extension [PDF] 

NON-RFSWG RESOURCES OF INTEREST:

• "Regional food" definition
• Food System Alliances, Joseph McIntyre, executive director of Ag Innovations (06/2008) [PDF]
• Grants awarded for three regional food efforts in Iowa (12/2006)
• A Vision for "Good Food" for Iowa: Linking Regional-Based Food Systems to Healthy Iowans and Healthy Communities (04/2008) [PDF]
• Renewing America's Food Traditions
• Midwest Season Extension