Farm to Institution
-
Farm to ISU
Program
The
Leopold Center
is one of six
organizationsrepresented on
the steering
committee for
this program of
ISU Dining to
serve more
locally grown
foods at Iowa
State.
More - New publications for farmers, foodservice directors Iowa State University Extension has developed three new publications with resources and other information on direct food marketing. Information was collected as part of a Leopold Center marketing grant.
- Local Foods:
From Farm to
Foodservice
Resources from
the Hotel,
Restaurant and
Institution
Management
program at Iowa
State
University. Many
of the resources
were developed
with grants from
the Leopold
Center.
- Making the
Farm/School
Connection
Food
consultant
JoAnne
Berkenkamp
prepared this
report on the
opportunities
and barriers to
greater use of
locally grown
produce in
Minnesota public
schools. January
2006 [PDF]
- On-farm Food
Safety This
series of fact
sheets provides
guidelines for
producers,
developed by the
Hotel,
Restaurant and
Institution
Management (HRIM)
program at
Iowa State
University and
funded by a Leopold Center
grant. Titles
include:
Guide to Good
Agricultural Practices (GAPS),
Guide to
Food Handling, and Guide to
cleaning and
sanitizing
[PDF]
- Rethinking
School Lunch
This initiative
by the Center
for Ecoliteracy
seeks to restore
the connection
of farms to
communities,
meals to
culture, and
health to
environment. The
initiative
includes a
web-based guide
with essays by
influential
thinkers and
seminars.
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Selling to Institutions: An Iowa Farmers Guide [PDF] lists helpful information on insurance and legal issues for producers who want to enter institutional food markets. It was written by Des Moines attorney Robert Luedeman and Neil Hamilton from the Drake Agricultural Law Center [PDF].