Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

LC Logo Iowa Local Food Conference: Road Map for Resilience

Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 to Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Location: Scheman Building, Iowa State Center, Ames, Iowa

Contact: Lynn Heuss, leheuss@iastate.edu

Save the date! This conference will bring together the Regional Food Systems Working Group, Iowa Food System Working Group, Local Food and Farm Initiative Program and the Leopold Center Marketing and Food Systems Initiative.

Keynote speakers include

  • John O’Sullivan, North Carolina 10% Campaign
  • Anupama Joshi, National Farm to School Network
  • Diane Endicott, Good Natured Family Farms
  • Susan Futrell, Red Tomato (Boston) and the University of Iowa

Join us for workshops where you will have plenty of time to learn what’s happening with local foods from three different avenues: business, food incentives (Farm to School and Farm to Institution) and beginning and minority farmers, and to share your own expertise. Visit the exhibits, network with others and enjoy local food meals provided by ISU!