What state and local policies could help advance Iowa’s local food systems?

Local Foods in Iowa: Opportunities and Challenges. Matt Russell will present a landscape in which farms and food businesses are benefiting from the local food movement as well as identifying the challenges. A food policy framework will be used to explore potential supports for growing the Iowa food economy.

Contact:
Matt Russell, State Food Policy Project Coordinator
Drake University Agricultural Law Center
2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
matthew.russell@drake.edu
515-271-4956