schools ffi food1 nov122008
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Presentation to Regional School Group on November 12, 2008TRANSCRIPT
Building a Local Food
System Part 1: How Did We Get Here?
NE Iowa Food & Farm CoalitionJanuary 2008
The Local Food System…
Who should participate in local food?
Source: Local Food System, PM 1995, ISU Extension, November 2005
ConsumersFarmersProcessors and retailers
Everybody
Source: C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems
Our Local Food Discussions…
The PastThe PresentThe Future
NE Iowa Food & Farm Coalitionwww.niffcoalition.org
The Beginning…
“Why don’t we grow our own food in the American Heartland?”
“It is becoming increasingly difficult for Americans to ignore the fact that we may be entering an era that will force agriculture to change more in the coming decades than it
has in the last half century.”
Fred Kirschenmann, Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, December 2005
Strategic Plan
Assessments
Institutional SurveyConsumer SurveyMap of AssetsEconomic ImpactBase-Line Data Collection