Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative

Food systems, local foods, growing food, buying local food...the local foods movement is growing every day! Here are some of our favorite resources for learning  more about all aspects of food systems and local foods.
 

"Buying Local Foods is Good Business" SWIFFI Regulatory Workshop Presentations

Why Is Buying Local Foods Good Business?

What We Need To Know About Purchasing And Handling Locally Produced Meats And Poultry

Safe Food Practices When Purchasing Local Foods

County Food Atlas Library

Drafts:  Adams  Adair  Audubon  Cass  Guthrie Montgomery  Shelby

Final: Pottawattamie 

 Other Resources 

Cornell University's Food Decision-Making Program

 The Food Decision-Making Program aims to build family and community capacity to identify and implement effective strategies to improve local food systems, the local economy, and health. 

Counties and Local Food Systems: National Association of Counties

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 

Practical Farmers of Iowa 

Iowa Network for Community Agriculture

W. K. Kellogg Foundation Food Systems Publications