This is a starting point and will continue to evolve!
- Connect you with Local Food Suppliers
- Empower you to Market yourself Even Better
- Connect you with Food Sharing and Redistribution Resources
- Increase availability of/access to local food
- Make it easier to buy local food ingredients
- Promote Feeders who serve local foods
- Share information about Grants, Resources, Models and Opportunities
- Provide Organizational Development, Connectivity and Strategic Planning
- Collaborate on Events and Press Opportunities
Feeder Priorities
At our Workgroup meetings, local Feeders have expressed the following important needs:
- Marketing Help: Getting our local food story out there and helping attract new customers. Getting press coverage. Expanding presence on the web and in social media.
- Access to local, fresh vegetables
- Help budding food businesses find commercial and incubator kitchen space
- Facilitate the sharing of equipment and resources
- Funding for local food projects
- Classes and education around local food topics
- A shared access to a local food network
- Expand market reach
- Create and promote a local food directory