The Cook County Food System Network aims to connect organizations, strategic partners, and engaged caring community members who are working towards a sustainable, equitable, more connected local food system through information sharing, opportunity identification, and promoting collaboration.
Why join us?
The network builds capacity around local and regional food system topics that require a broad approach with a focus on connection, collaboration, and partnerships. Community driven topics may include growing our farmers markets, creating food coalitions, reviewing local food rules and regulations, increasing opportunities for local food processing, supporting local food shelves/ pantries, co-op/ CSA development, addressing food deserts and anti-hunger efforts, farm to school programs, supporting rural grocers, and others.
Who is putting this on?
Network meetings are facilitated by Northwoods Food Project, U of M Extension, and State Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) Healthy Northland/ Cook County PHHS. The Northwoods Food Project is a small non-profit in Cook County working to connect, grow, and support a sustainable local food system in Cook County, Minnesota from farmer to fork. The Food Project has started local community gardens, our local Grand Marais Farmer’s Market, hosted educational events and more over its history.
Thank you!
Sarah Waddle - U of M Extension
Kristina Mattson - Cook County State Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) Coordinator
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