Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Popular local foods directory updated

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June 1, 2011

AMES, IA -- The popular directory “Learning about Local,” compiled by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, has recently been updated to help Iowans stay in touch with the growing number of organizations supporting local foods efforts.

The publication now includes 85 organizations, programs, funders and consultants that offer various forms of assistance for people interested in local foods systems. That’s up from 64 when the Leopold Center first published the directory in August 2009. The longer, more diverse list includes Iowa community colleges that either serve local foods or provide resources for people interested in local foods. One new addition is Luther College’s Sustainability Program in Decorah, IA, which maintains edible gardens on campus and arranges student visits to local farms.

The directory provides current contact information as well as descriptions of each organization’s mission, type of assistance offered, program examples, and audiences targeted.

You can download the publication from the Leopold Center website here. To request a print copy, contact the Leopold Center at (515) 294-3711.

Mary Claire Geyer, a Dean’s Leadership Scholar in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, updated the directory, which was prepared by the Leopold Center’s former associate director Rich Pirog.

For more info contact:

Laura Miller, Leopold Center Communications, (515) 294-5272, lwmiller@iastate.edu

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