Posted January 2009
Wednesday, February 4 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, 9am-5pm. Contact: Andrew Dane, Chippewa/Barron Counties UW Extension, andrew.dane@ces.uwex.edu, 715-726-7957 or 715-537-6381.
Farmers will receive practical advice on pricing their farm products during the morning session. All participants will spend the afternoon collaborating on options for promoting local foods in local communities.
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On December 8th, CIAS co-hosted a meeting for 50 public and private sector leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of fresh produce aggregation and distribution in Wisconsin. This meeting was supported in part by the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, a UW-Madison based fund designed to foster public engagement and advance the Wisconsin Idea. The December 8th meeting exemplified the Wisconsin Idea, bringing together university and other public sector advocates and private sector food industry business leaders. The agenda for this meeting was designed to identify and begin addressing the key barriers to greater local food sale in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Notes from this meeting will be available shortly. For more information, contact Anne Pfeiffer, 608-890-1905.
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