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Calendar of events Regional Food Systems Working Group meeting 9 June, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Iowa Arboretum June 11, 2008 Product Costing Workshop for Iowa Meat Processors click here for more information Midwest Dairy School for On-Farm Processing, 2 July, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dairy Center, Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar. Hosted by the Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation, ISU Extension and the community college. Contact: NICC, (800) 728-2256, ext 399 to register, or Mary Steen, ext 341, steenm@portal.nicc.edu, for more information. August 21, 2008 –Product Costing Review Session click here for more information. Iowa Farmers Union Convention 2008, August 22-23, 2008 Best Western Regency Inn, Marshalltown. Two days of speakers and workshops, featuring a lunch of Iowa-grown food. For more information, contact the Iowa Farmers Union, (800) 775-5227, info@iowafarmersunion.org The Pork Niche Marketing Working Group will meet in September 2008 (time and location to be announced)
Reports to W. K. Kellogg Foundation View the VCP Phase III 6th Quarter Progress Report, March 2008 [PDF] Read about project activities and new communities of practice in VPC Phase III - Year 1 Annual Report October 2007 [PDF]. Read about project accomplishments in this final report, August 2006 [PDF]. Read about project activities and accomplishments during the past year in this May 2005 report [PDF]. NEWS RELEASES: (back to top) Grants awarded for three regional food efforts in Iowa 12-18-06 [Leopold Center] Consumer survey looks at links between local foods and climate change, health, food safety 09-11-07 Universities to gather for local food experiences discussion 7-16-07 [ISU Dining] ISU Dining extends invitation to Iowa farmers, ranchers 3-7-07 [Inside Iowa State] New web site features Iowa food stories 2-22-07 Wallace Center awards grant to continue Value Chain Partnerships project in Iowa 11-17-06[Leopold Center] Grape and wine institute gets regents' green light 9-27-06 [ISU News Services] Iowa vegetable production budgets now available 7-17-06 [ISU Extension] ISU study determines regional economic values of ethanol production in Iowa [Leopold Center] The Case of Woodbury County [Leopold Center] Business Sustainable Agriculture open door to new markets [PDF] Local foods make strong impact, says Wright County survey [PDF] Study shows positive economic impact of Iowa farmers' markets [PDF] Grants fund development of sustainable products [PDF] Grants offered for innovative pork projects. [Leopold Center] Biobased industry conference addresses the future of the bioindustry [ISU Extension news release] [PDF] Food systems program promotes rural economic development [Leopold Center] Four Iowa bio-based research projects receive grant funding [ISU Extension] PNMWG funds eight pork niche market projects [Leopold Center] Iowa State MBA program to offer minor in sustainable ag [ISU News Service] Kellogg Foundation awards $560,000 grant for food project [Leopold Center] NEWSLETTER: (back to top) Latest issue of the Niche Pork News (Fall 2007)[PDF] REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS: (back to top) Two Page VCP Overview, 3-08 [PDF] Niche Pork Production Handbook 12-07 [PDF] Determining the Regional Economic Values of Ethanol Production in Iowa Considering Different Levels of Local Investment, Report of a project funded by the BioEconomy Working Group by David Swenson and Liesl Eathington, ISU Economics, 7-06; Full report [PDF] Summary [PDF] Abstracts of presentations from the 2005 Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop, 12-05, Ames, Iowa Presentations from the 2005 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference, August 29-30,2005 Ames, Iowa Evaluating Economic Impacts of Local Food Purchasing in Several Market Channels in Black Hawk and Surrounding Counties, Kamyar Enshayan, University of Northern Iowa, 4-05 [PDF] Consumers, Vendors and the Economic Importance of Iowa Farmers' Markets: An Economic Impact Survey Analysis, Daniel Otto, Iowa State University, 03-05 [PDF] Examining Awareness of and Support of Regional Food Systems in Iowa, Kay Palan, Iowa State University, 1-26-05 [PDF] RESOURCES FOR MEDIA: (back to top) Expert Resource Directory, a list of farmers, educators and community leaders identified by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation who are expert resources for questions about subjects ranging from agricultural trade to buying local food, public health/nutrition and farm policy. Food and Society, web site of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's major intiative with resources and other materials.