Iowa Regional Food Systems Working Group

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Iowa Regional Food Systems Working Group

Network of practitioners and community leaders working to increase investment in and support for local and regional food businesses in Iowa.

The Regional Food Systems Working Group supports education, conducts research and facilitates partnerships to increase investment and support of community-based, economically sustainable and environmentally and socially responsible regional food enterprises. Representatives from more than 25 groups meet quarterly in central Iowa to discuss and coordinate efforts to build more vibrant regional food systems.

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Years 2-10

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Retiring

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HOST ALLIANCE

Iowa Regional Food Systems Working Group

AREA(s)

Iowa

LOCATION

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ames, Iowa 50011

CONTACT

Lynn Heuss
leheuss@iastate.edu
515-201-9405
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/regional-food-systems-working-group