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*Canyon Country Fresh
Since 2000, the Center for Sustainable Environments has
been working with local farmers, ranchers, markets, and restaurants to promote
local food production and use. Recently, with the addition of a USDA grant for
local marketing initiatives, CSE has begun to implement strategic marketing
practices to help promote local farm products, from a food directory to
development of links between farmers and restaurants.
http://home.nau.edu/environment/canyon_country.asp
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Get a delicious, local-food-rich breakfast or lunch
in
http://www.localharvest.org/restaurants/M10306
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The
Colorado Departments of Agriculture and Education would like to invite
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1184613391369&pagename=Agriculture-Main%2FCDAGLayout
*Healthy
Kids and Healthy Economies
This article documents the results from the 2006 Farm
to School Survey of Colorado Food Service Operations. The survey has shown that
http://www.cipp.colostate.edu/pdf/RMFU_Healthy_Kids.pdf
*Sustainability
The purpose of the Farm to School
project is to ensure that our Pre-K through College students consume the
highest quality, sustainably produced, culturally
appropriate foods from local farms and ranches. The website includes
information about school wellness policies, web resources and information about
meetings of the Farm to School group in
http://www.sustainableswcolorado.org/farmtoschool.htm
*Farm to School Projects in NM
The Farm to School website profiles projects in
http://www.farmtoschool.org/nm/
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This
guide is designed to help you explore which markets might work best for you and
give you some ideas about how to access those markets. Marketing topics include
Farmers’ Markets, CSAs, Selling to Retail Outlets, Selling to Restaurants, and
Selling to Wholesalers.
http://nmocc.state.nm.us/pdf/MarketManual.pdf
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Slow Food in Schools is a
garden–to–table program with children that cultivates the senses and teaches an
ecological approach to food. The objective is to awaken children to the
enjoyment and health benefits of quality foods and the principles of land
stewardship.
Bon Appetit Management
Company
Bon Appetit is an innovative
food service that supports sustainable agriculture whenever possible. They are
often involved in Farm to Chef connections.
http://www.bamco.com/website/responsibility.html
*Farm to School
The National Farm to School Network is a collaborative
project with the goal of strengthening and expanding activities in states with
existing programs and assisting others that do not yet have programs.
http://www.farmtoschool.org/index.htm
Community Food Security
Coalition Farm-to-School Program
Brings together farmers, school food service
directors, parents, and community organizers to address the barriers and
opportunities involved in creating a farm-to-school project.
http://www.foodsecurity.org/farm_to_school.html
Bringing Local Food to Local Institutions
This
publication provides farmers, school administrators, and institutional
food-service planners with contact information and descriptions of existing
programs that have made these connections between local farmers and local
school lunchrooms, college dining halls, or cafeterias in other institutions.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/farmtoschool.pdf
Eat Smart- Farm Fresh: A
Guide to Buying and Serving Locally-Grown Produce in School Meals
This is a report published by the USDA
Food and Nutrition Service that evaluates several aspects of beginning farm to
school projects. Topics covered include; distribution models, building support
for local purchasing, and how to find locally produced foods.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Guidance/Farm-to-School-Guidance_12-19-2005.pdf
FoodRoutes: Buy
Fresh Buy Local
FoodRoutes
Network is a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania that provides
communications tools, organizing support, and marketing resources to our
grassroots chapters throughout the US that are working to rebuild local food
systems and promote sustainable agriculture.
http://www.foodroutes.org/buy-fresh-buy-local.jsp
How Farmers and Local Food Service Buyers are
Building Relationships
This is a report of the USDA Agricultural Marketing
Service that helps make the case for why farm to school connections are
important. The report looks at preferences and criteria of food service buyers,
potential obstacles, and case studies of farm to school projects.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/MSB/PDFpubList/localfarmsandschool.pdf
This publication explores the benefits and challenges of institutional
buying. This article also explains how
a food service operation can start purchasing local foods.
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/other/files/PM1853C.pdf
Marketing Local Food
This publication introduces the basics
of different marketing systems, suggests resources and includes profiles of
farmers who are selling farm products directly to consumers via farmers'
markets, roadside stands, CSAs, on-farm stores; as well as information and
profiles about selling indirectly via retail food establishments or food
services.
http://www.misa.umn.edu/vd/publications/marketing_local_food.pdf
Small
Farms/School Meals Initiative: Town Hall Meetings
A step-by-step guide of activities for groups to plan, conduct, and
publicize professional town meetings that encourage small farmers and local
school food officials to begin a farm-to-school project.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/Downloadable/small.pdf
The
College Food Project
This
article highlights how the
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/collegefood.php
New
Markets for Producers: Selling to Colleges
This is
a report of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The report looks at six colleges involved in “Farm to
College” relationships and explains the benefits of institutional selling.
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/archives/1999/02/02/new_markets_for_producers_selling_to_colleges/index.php
CFSC
Farm to College Page
The
Community Food Security Coalition has a webpage devoted to “Farm to College”
information and resources. In addition to resources to start new projects, the
site has a report on existing Farm to College projects.
http://www.foodsecurity.org/farm_to_college.html
FoodRoutes: Farm to College Resource Page
This
webpage empowers college students to advocate for local foods in their college
cafeterias. Resources include fact sheets and other advocacy tools.
http://www.foodroutes.org/farmtocollege.jsp
FoodRoutes: Buy
Fresh Buy Local
FoodRoutes
Network is a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania that provides
communications tools, organizing support, and marketing resources to our
grassroots chapters throughout the US that are working to rebuild local food
systems and promote sustainable agriculture.
http://www.foodroutes.org/buy-fresh-buy-local.jsp
This publication explores the benefits and challenges of institutional
buying. This article also explains how
a food service operation can start purchasing local foods.
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/other/files/PM1853C.pdf
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Get a delicious, local-food-rich breakfast or lunch
in
http://www.localharvest.org/restaurants/M10306
Farm
to Hospital: Supporting Local Agriculture and Improving Health Care
This
brochure introduces interested farmers and hospital food service departments to
the ins and outs of developing partnerships between hospitals and local farms.
Included are examples of ways hospitals can improve the food they offer, issues
for farmers to consider if they are interested in selling products to area
hospitals, and specific case studies of successful programs.
http://www.foodsecurity.org/F2H_Brochure.pdf
Farm to
Hospital: Promoting Health and Supporting Local Agriculture
This
working paper discusses the opportunities and challenges involved in creating
and enhancing farm-hospital connections. Drawing lessons from existing farm to
hospital programs and a burgeoning farm to school movement, it provides a
snapshot of current hospital food conditions and a vision of a healthier
hospital food environment based, in part, on local, farm-fresh food.
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/publications/farm_to_hospital.pdf
This publication explores the benefits and challenges of institutional
buying. This article also explains how
a food service operation can start purchasing local foods.
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/other/files/PM1853C.pdf
The Farm to Cafeteria Projects Act
The Farm to School website has a very comprehensive
policy page about the federal grant program, “The Farm to Cafeteria Projects
Act.”
http://www.farmtoschool.org/policy.htm
Bringing Local Food to Local Institutions
This
publication provides farmers, school administrators, and institutional
food-service planners with contact information and descriptions of existing
programs that have made these connections between local farmers and local
school lunchrooms, college dining halls, or cafeterias in other institutions.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/farmtoschool.pdf
Direct Marketing to Schools: A New
This case study—part of a larger study on direct
marketing techniques used by small farmers—focuses on the experiences of six
farmers in
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/CDPP/directmarketingtoschool.htm
Farm to School: Case Studies & Resources for
Success
This 2004 study highlights Farm to School Success
Stories from around the country. The report includes a comprehensive list of
resources to help schools and farmers with Farm to School projects.
http://www.foodroutes.org/doclib/243/FarmtoSchoolSuccess.pdf
Going Local: Paths to Success for Farm to School
Programs
This
report showcases innovative farm to school programs from around the country. It
draws upon the existing information as well as new research to present a
compilation of eight case studies of farm to school programs operating in
different regions of the country.
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