Local Food Project

Local Food Project Mrs. Riley - Food for thought FACS - NCWHS

The 100-Mile Diet is simple. It’s a living experiment in local eating that will reconnect you with your food, your local farmers, the seasons, and the landscape you live in. http://100milediet.org/
	Farm Direct helps you find fresh, locally grown food by connecting you directly with Illinois farmers. We invite you to search our directory, or learn more about this project: http://www.illinoisfarmdirect.org/
http://www.thelandconnection.org/	Vision: The Land Connection envisions community-based food systems in the Midwest, in which every farmer has the opportunity to grow food in a sustainable manner, and every person has the choice to enjoy local and organic foods. Mission: The Land Connection works to establish successful farmers on healthy farmland, ensuring an abundance of delicious, local, and organic foods.
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/	A CSA, (Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a farm and to receive a weekly basket of produce. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people become "members" of the CSA.

CSA - Community Supported Agriculture, Buying Clubs, Organic farms, Permaculture, Biodynamic Farming.	Search a list of Illinois CSA’s, buying clubs and farms. http://www.greenpeople.org/csa.htm

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.

the latest information in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities, plus in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable agriculture activities. http://attra.ncat.org/
The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living. http://www.ecoliteracy.org/education/sustainability.html
Did you know that a tomato usually travels about 1,500 miles from where it is grown to your salad bowl? Consider an alternative. Join a CSA farm, and join thousands of others who want to support local farmers while receiving delicious, healthy and, above all, fresh produce all season long.	http://www.sare.org/csa/
Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way we Feed Our Children	Join Chef Ann on her mission to change the way our children are eating. Together, she’ll tackle outdated district spending policies, commodity-based food service organizations, political platforms with no mention of school food or child health — and ultimately the USDA — to ensure that kids everywhere have wholesome, nutritious, delicious food at school. http://www.lunchlessons.org/index.html
ISA is a citizens' organization that promotes a safe and nutritious food system, family farming, and healthy communities by advocating diverse, humane, and socially just and ecologically sustainable production and marketing practices.	http://www.illinoisstewardshipalliance.org/index.htm
	Foodroutes.org Local food carries a wealth of benefits. It's fresh and tastes great. It keeps money in your region, instead of sending it to distant corporations. It fosters strong communities. Local food also has the potential to empower consumers and farmers, and help improve the landscape and natural environment. http://www.foodroutes.org/
The Ecology Action Center 202 West College Avenue Normal, Illinois http://ecologyactioncenter.org/
Illinois Wesleyan University & Ecology Action Center http://ecologyactioncenter.org/islwe/
http://central.illinoisfarmbeginnings.org/
Central Illinois Farm Beginnings is a great way to jump-start your entrepreneurial farm business. Through this year-long farmer training and support program, you will: Learn critical farm management skills such as business planning, marketing strategies, and creative financing. Tap the knowledge of some of the most innovative and skilled farmers operating in the Midwest. Receive mentoring from a farmer engaged in a similar enterprise. Develop lifelong friendships and networks with other beginning farmers.
	Henry’s Farm is a multi-generational small-scale, labor-intensive farming operation using sustainable and environmentally-friendly practices. It is a true family farm. Congerville, IL http://www.henrysfarm.com/
At the Blue Schoolhouse Farm we grow the best produce you’ll find anywhere in the world … and we mean it! And the best part … it’s all completely chemical free. We choose not to be certified organic for various reasons, but trust us. This is healthy, flavorful, and environmentally sustainable food. http://blueschoolhousefarm.blogspot.com/
Our Mission To help youth learn skills for living. Our Vision To be a leader in maximizing community and university resources to help youth, adults, and families reach their fullest potentials. http://www.4-h.uiuc.edu/
	McLean County's University of Illinois Extension 402 North Hershey Road Bloomington, IL 61704 http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/mclean/
Central Illinois Farmers put Local Food on Shelves
	Bloomington Public Library 205 E. Olive Street Bloomington, IL 61702 http://www.bloomingtonlibrary.org/
Normal Public Library 206 W. College Ave. Normal, IL 61761 http://www.normal-library.org/
	Children’s Discovery Museum http://www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.net/EarthDay.asp
Illinois State University Normal, Illinois http://www.ilstu.edu/
Oregon State University: Outreach in Biotechnology A program developed to communicate factually and contextually accurate information on the scientific benefits, safety and ethics of biotechnology. http://wwwdata.forestry.oregonstate.edu/orb/events/lectureseries.htm
12 may 2008 by Karen Slabe	copyrighted Images provided by corresponding websites