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Find Local Food
  • Connect with Farmers from Past Events

    Find Producer Educators here!

  • Local Food Meal Plans & Inspiration

    Early Spring Meal Plan - Plant Based

    Spring Meal Plan - Omnivore

    DIY Salad Dressing Options

  • Resources for Producers

    Social Media Content for YOU to use!

    Social Media Marketing Basics (Video)

    Social Media Marketing Basics (PowerPoint)

    Social Media Marketing 2.0 (Video)

    Social Media Coaching & Training

    Product Photography 101 (video

    Using Short Clip Videos to Connect with Customers (Video)

    Product Quality (Iowa Food Co-op Producers)

    Greener Packaging for Producers

  • Regenerative Agriculture

    Regenerative Ag 101- article

    What is Regenerative Agriculture? Video

    Soil building with rotational grazing - Francis Thicke

  • Environment & Ecosystems

    The importance of building Healthy Soil

    Agriculture & Water Quality

    Local Watershed Info for DSM

    Food & Biodiversity

    Biodiversity Loss

  • Food Justice

    HEAL Food Alliance: Platform for Real Food

    Take Action: Iowa CCI: A Food & Farm System for All

    Food Sovereignty

    Indigenous Land Map

    La Via Campesina

    Soul Fire Farm

  • Health & Nutrition

    Local Food Nutrition Benefits

    The Power of the Plate

    Understanding Labels - Certifications & Production Methods

  • Food Rescue & Composting

    Food Rescue Hero App

    & Gleaning Opportunities - Eat Greater DSM

    Composting 101

    Vermicomposting (Worms)

  • Sustainability & Climate Change

    Low Waste Goods - The Collective

    24 Green Projects you can do from home

    Food Miles Article & Calculator

    Carbon Footprint Calculator

  • Films

    Kiss the Ground

    Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

    Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm

    Livestock on the Land

    Eating Meat

    Biggest Little Farm

    Food Inc

    To Make a Farm

    Farmland

    Before the Plate

    Well-Fed

    Sacred Cow

    The Pollinators

    The Need to Grow

    Follow the Food (series)

    Rooted

    The Ants & The Grasshopper

  • Books about Local Food Systems

    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

    Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America - Beth Hoffman

    Farming While Black - Leah Penniman

    Finding Turtle Farm: My 20 Acre Adventure in Community Supported Agriculture - Angela Tedesco

    How to be a Conscious Eater - Sophie Egan

    The Land Remains: A Midwestern Perspective on Our Past and Future - Neil Hamilton

    Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works - Atina Diffley

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