Other Resources
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Best management practices for dairy grazing: Presentation (with audio) by ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel (Leopold Center project). October 2009
- Managing dairy farm finances: Presentation (with audio) by ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel (Leopold Center project). October 2009
Learning About Local: A Resource Guide to Iowa Organizations and Programs Supporting Local and Regional Food Systems This directory lists 64 organizations, programs, funders and consuultants that offer various forms of assistance for Iowa producers, processors, food retailers and communities interested in local and regional food systems. Compiled by the Leopold Center in cooperation with Iowa State University Extension's Small Farm Sustainability program. Download the guide [PDF] August 2009
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Beef and Pork Whole Animal Buying Guide This resource, produced by the Small Meat Processors Working Group of the Value Chain Partnerships project, is for consumers who want to buy pork and beef as whole animals (or portions thereof) from local producers. It explains marketing terms, information on storage and handling, meat inspection, meat cut out weight and color photos of common retail beef and pork cuts. Supported by the Value Chain Partnerships project, USDA Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education program, ISU Extension, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Iowa Meat Processors Association and the North Central Region of the Center for Rural Development. Download a copy for free or buy a hard copy from University Extension. April 2009
- Local food, World Book The latest Science Yearbook includes a report on local food, written by Leopold Center Associate Director Rich Pirog. Read the article, reproduced with permission from World Book Publishing. January 2009.
- 2008
Farm Bill What's
in the farm bill
for organic
producers? For
local food
supporters? Neil
Hamilton,
director of the
Drake
Agricultural Law
Center, talks
about organic
provisions in the bill
[NOTE: PDF is
900 KB in size].
The
Northeast-Midwest
Institute offers
an analysis of local foods provisions.
- Food Law The National Agricultural Law Center, based at the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville, Arkansas, has a web site with resources that focus on local food systems. The site has resources on 33 legal topics that involved agricultural and food law. Web site
- Visit Iowa Farms
This
web site is a
project of the
Iowa Agritourism
Working Group,
supported by the
Value Added
Agriculture
Program at Iowa
State University
Extension.
Producers with
agritourism
attractions are
encouraged to
register on the
site. A $29,000
Leopold Center
grant supports
some of the
group's
activities in
2008.
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Organic Marketing Resources Fact sheets produced by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) are for organic producers interested in marketing. Topics include organic grains, marketing organic meat and dairy products to parents of young children, and a resource directory of marketing and certification agencies, seed suppliers, buyers, processors and other resources in the Midwest. Publications can be downloaded at the MOSES web site.
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Low-cost dairies ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel has used a Leopold Center grant to show how to remodel a stall barn for a low-cost dairy parlor. See and hear his presentation, Building your own low-cost TRANS dairy parlor, August 2007. More about the grant.
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Map to Iowa Mazes, Apples, Pumpkins and Strawberries [PDF], full-color map of all orchards and u-pick enterprises in Iowa, provided by the Agricultural Diversification and Market Development Bureau at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. This was a collaborative project of the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and Iowa Farm Bureau. September 2005