Resources - Links
Chef Ann Cooper
Resources for improving school lunch food including tips for
parents, food guides, meal calendars for elementary and middle
schools, and links to health, agriculture, and school & food
policy.
http://www.lunchlessons.org/
Chefs Collaborative
Resources for chefs regarding sourcing local ingredients including
produce, meat. and fish. Supports organization members
in running economically healthy, sustainable food service businesses.
http://chefscollaborative.org
Community Food Security Coalition
Tools and resources for farm to school, farm to college, and
community food programs, including organizing tools, case studies,
and funding sources.
http://www.foodsecurity.org/index.html
Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture
How-to guides and tip sheets for farmers on creating a farm web
site, running an online store, launching marketing and public
relations campaigns, and using workshops, newsletters, and
blogs to enhance business.
http://www.buylocalfood.com/TechnicalAssistance.htm
Ecotrust
Resources to support farmer-chef, farm to school, and other local
food connections. Includes toolkits for building market
connections among farmers, ranchers, and food buyers. Online
resources for farmers and chefs. Holds and farmer-chef "speed
dating" events to introduce each to the other.
http://www.ecotrust.org/foodfarms/index.html
FoodRoutes
Resources for students and school staff in starting farm to school
and farm to college programs. Links to other organizations,
tools, and resources. Also has resources for consumers on how
and where to buy local and direct from farmers.
http://www.foodroutes.org
Glynwood Center
36-page guide to identifying sources of local food, developing
relationships with local farmers, and buying local foods through
existing distributors. Also includes additional resources and
short case studies of restaurants and institutions who buy
local.
http://www.glynwood.org/resource/localguide.htm
National Farm to School Program
Site with links to national and state-specific resources for
buying and selling local food as well as planning, starting,
running, and evaluating a farm to school program as well as
links to funding opportunities.
http://www.farmtoschool.org/index.php
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Resources for farmers to plan and manage their marketing and
other business-related activities. Topics include marketing
to restaurants, meat marketing alternatives, and other marketing
resources.
http://www.attra.ncat.org/marketing.html
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Site with tips on marketing your farm products to restaurants
and retailers. Grower resource links to farming, business,
organic, and North Carolina agriculture information.
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms
The Rodale Institute
Feature on farmer-chef meet-ups aimed at introducing farmers
and chefs to each other. Relates stories of successful farmer-chef
relationships. Includes information on how to get the Ecotrust
Farmer-Chef Connection toolkit.
http://www.newfarm.org/features/2007/0407/farmerchef/lyons_print.shtml
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
20-page guide to farm product marketing such as sales to restaurants,
direct-marketing meat, and other alternatives to conventional
channels.
http://www.sare.org/publications/marketing.htm
Sustainable Food Policy Project
16-page guide to help universities, colleges, hospitals, and
other institutions – as well as those advocating for food system
change – create, promote and implement practical sustainable
food purchasing policies.
http://www.foodalliance.org/sustainablefoodpolicy