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Free online guidebook: The updated Iowa Meat Processors' Resource Guidebook is online as a free PDF. View it here. (Updated 5/6/10)
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Updated post-harvest book: This updated 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)
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Multi-farm CSA handbook: A handbook has been created as a resource starting point for individuals who want more information about grass-fed beef. It is the compilation from a series of the workshops that were held with a group of Ohio dairy and beef farmers. Read more about the project here. (Posted 4/28/10)
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Cold-storage loans: The Farm Storage Facility Loan program was amended to allow producers to build cold storage facilities to store their fresh fruits and vegetables. Read the news release. (Posted 3/31/10)
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New guide: How many millions of dollars do Linn County consumers spend on food each year? What are the major food issues in this county? Find out in this guide [PDF], written by food system planner Jason Grimm. (Posted 2/26/10)
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Read a business plan: The Common Market, a local-food distributor in the Philadelphia area, published a business plan [PDF]. The Common Market is also associated with Buy Fresh Buy Local of Southern Pennsylvania. (Posted 1/22/10)
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Pork production report: View the report [PDF] report that summarizes the results of a PNMWG-sponsored project on pork production costs. (Updated 1/11/10)
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Going local: Local food expenditures in Black Hawk County have more than quintupled in the last decade. View the chart [PDF]. (Posted 11/24/09)
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Video: Take a tour of the Sioux City Farmers Market by Regional Food Systems Working Group member Julie Hlas from ISU Extension. (Posted 10/14/09)
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Handle with Care: The Fruit and Vegetable Working Group was featured on the Rodale Institute’s New Farm web site. Read article by group co-leader Malcolm Robertson. (Posted 10/12/09)
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Local food, local jobs: ISU economist David Swenson worked with Hometown Harvest in southeast Iowa to show how the region could benefit from increased production of local foods. Read more. (Posted 09/30/09) |