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Local Foods For Institutional Programs

Page history last edited by John De Circe 13 years, 7 months ago

Note: please note that this issue overview should (a) contain links to additional information on this topic that is focused either the local, state, national, or global level, and (b) be neutrally presented, based on facts, and include footnotes for each of the items.  See the Research Guide and Information Sources to assist you. 

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Summer 2010

 

Goal Statement   


  • The Goal of this page is to look into and gather information on what steps and people are involved in setting up food services in an institution that uses locally produced food. The Local/State/National information section has information relating to the process of setting up a connection with local farms.
    • University of Minnesota is part of a partnership called the Upper Minnesota River Valley in which they created the Pride of The Prairie in order to promote local foods in the River Valley area explained in more detail by the Buy Fresh Buy Local link.
    • The New York Farms link is an example of a possible partnership with a local organization that promotes local buying.
    • Cornell University has a research program that is collecting data on the process of entering a local food system however a large protion of it is geared to K-12 school.
    • With the National Sustainable Agricultural Information Services link there is another source of information on how to begin the process of local foods being used in institutions.
    • The Culinary Institute of America link goes over various ways the College has been able to use local foods and farms as well as to reduce their carbon footprint.
    • The University of Minnesota link goes over how the University went through the process of incorporating local foods through the Pride of the Prairie Program 

 

 

 

Policy Options / Model Programs   


 

 

Local/State/National Information    


 

 

 

 

Glossary of Terms   


  • Farm to School: 

  • • Provide healthy, nutritious meals in school cafeterias
    • Improve students' nutrition and food literacy
    • Present engaging health and nutrition education 
    • Support local farmers and producers.[1]

  • Cut Produce - any produce that has recently been harvested

  • In house - product or service done using the companies own funding or resources

  • Pride of The Prairie - an organization of businesses in the Upper Minnesota River valley such as schools, restaurants and distributors that work to promote each other and at the same time strengthen business ties and work to more environmentally friendly practices  

 

 

Bibliography    


 

Footnotes

  1. Cornell University Farm to School Research and Extension Program. What is Farm to School.http://farmtoschool.cce.cornell.edu/content/view/what-is-farm-to-school.html

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