Home Grown Economy 2008: Linking Local Foods to Economic Opportunity 
Congressman Collin Peterson hosted the second Home Grown Economy Conference at the University of Minnesota Crookston on March 30 and 31, 2008. Video and audio presentations are posted for each of the speakers below. Welcome & Introductions Master of Ceremonies: Teresa Spaeth, Executive Director, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; Chancellor Charles Casey, University of Minnesota, Crookston; Collin C. Peterson, Chair, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Connecting Food to Land, Health and Economic Opportunity Dr. Kate Clancy, Growth in Local Food Economies – Trends and Indicators Kenneth A. Meter, MPA, President of Crossroads Resource Center Retail Sales of Local Foods, an Opportunity Ripe for the Picking GiGi DiGiacomo, Endowed Chair for University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences
A Taste of the Region Moderator: Jim Stordahl, Extension Educator; White Earth Local Foods Challenge – Stephanie Williams, WETCC; Native Harvest – Todd Sisson, Production Manager, Native Harvest; My Sisters Farm; A Local Foods Buying Club – Noreen Thomas Local Foods in Larger Markets: UM Crookston’s Story Moderator: Barbara Muesing; UM Crookston Story of Serving Local Foods – Brent Melsa; Community Support Agriculture and Serving Institutional Markets – Mike Klawitter; Buy Fresh, Buy Local Red River Valley – Linda Kingery Gaining a Competitive Edge: a Sampler Plate Mary Jo Forbord, Sustainable Farming Association; Mark Askegaard – Organic Flax and Wheat; Lynn Brakke – Organic Beef; Dallas Flynn – Detroit Lakes Farmers Market; Rod & Sue Cloose – Blackstar Dairy – Retail; Terry Nennich – High Tunnel Technology & Organic Production Methods Moderator: Why Policy Matters & Wrap-Up Rob Larew, Chief of Staff, U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee; Terry VanDerPol, Community-Based Food Systems Project Director, Land Stewardship Project
Home Grown Economy 2008 Brochure
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Kate Clancy - Connecting Food to Land, Health and Economic Opportunity
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Ken Meter - Growth in Local Food Economies
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Gigi DiGiacomo - Retail Sales of Local Organic Food, An Opportunity Ripe for the Picking
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High Tunnels and Season Extension
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Agenda for Home Grown Economy 2008
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Home Grown Economy: Food from Local Farms as an Economic Development Tool
The Home Grown Economy This is the agenda for the workshop on April 2, 2006 at University of Minnesota Morris hosted by Congressman Collin Peterson.
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Resources  Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
http://www.misa.umn.edu
Several publications are listed on this site including
Local Food: Where to Find It, How to Buy It, and
Marketing Local Foods
Land Stewardship Project offers Farm Beginnings®,
a cohort learning opportunity for beginning and transitioning
farmers to learn about values clarification, whole farm
planning, business plan development and low-cost
sustainable farming methods. Classes locations in
Goodhue and Paynesville in fall of 2009,
see http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/fb/course.html
for more details.
Sustainable Farming Association http://www.sfa-mn.org
Graze Fest—Aug 1-2, 2008 at Seven Pine Farms, Verndale, MN
Organic Dairy 101—workshop for dairy professionals
UM Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
http://www.regionalpartnerships.umn.edu
Buy Fresh Buy Local Upper Minnesota River Valley
http://www.prideoftheprairie.org
Buy Local Red River Valley
http://www.localfoods.umn.edu
UM Local Foods Task Force
http://www.localfoods.umn.edu/umtaskforce
Renewing the Countryside
http://www.renewingthecountryside.org
Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook
–details available online.
Minnesota Grown is very proud to work with a variety
of producers, nonprofit organizations and state agencies
to promote Minnesota products.
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/minnesotagrown/
Minnesota Department of Agricluture also has copies of the2008 Directory of Minnesota Organic Farms available free of charge by calling 651-201-6012or www.mda.state.mn.us/food/organic.
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