Food System Infrastructure

Mother Jones article on FSMA - 4 foods that could disappear

Submitted by Erika Meschkat on November 13, 2013 - 11:34am

At the beginning of this month, Mother Jones published an article on four foods that could be difficult (if not impossible) to easily buy and consume if the new proposed food safety rules of the Federal Food Safety and Modernization Act pass.... Read more »

Food hubs across the nation-new study examines leading models and best practices

Submitted by Erika Meschkat on November 4, 2013 - 3:19pm

Food hubs often encompass all or several of the missing link(s) necessary to better faciliate the process of bringing local foods from farm to fork. I like to think of them as the physical places that are home to every "sticky point" in the food economy or the critical components of the food system (production, aggregation, processing, distribution, consumption, waste).... Read more »

FPC Working with Bush Consulting on the Sustainable Food Business Cluster Project

Submitted by Morgan Taggart on September 13, 2013 - 1:40pm

FPC in partnership with the City of Cleveland’s Office of Sustainability will be working with Bush Consulting of Salem, Ohio to complete an analysis and roadmap of the food business cluster in Northeast Ohio with a focus on Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.  Brookings Institution defines clusters as "geographic concentrations of interconnected businesses, suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular sector." After a competitive review process by a selection committee... Read more »

Film Screening - Network Theory

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September 21, 2013 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: 
Capitol Theater
1390 W 65th St.
Cleveland 44106
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"Filmed in Appalachian Ohio, a region all-too-familiar with the boom and bust cycles of an extractive economy, Network Theory features six agrarian entrepreneurs who weave open, collaborative networks to create a community-based food economy.... Read more »

Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the FPC Explore School Gardening and Local Procurement for the Farm to School Initiative

Submitted by Morgan Bulger on August 19, 2013 - 10:49am

Members of diverse community organizations met earlier this month on a sunny August morning to discuss the expansion of school gardening at Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) schools.... Read more »

Working Group(s): 
Health & Nutrition

Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the Terrence M. Ryan Agriculture Education Center at Stanard Farm

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June 14, 2013 - 9:00am - 11:00am
Location: 
Stanard Farm
5320 Stanard Ave. United States
Cleveland, OH 44103
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Please join us for the ... 

Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the Terrence M. Ryan Agriculture Education Center at Stanard Farm  ... Read more »

FPC Quarterly Forum: City Kitchens: Dreaming up, building out and sharing the spaces that grow our local food entrepreneurs

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May 21, 2013 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
Great Lakes Brewery Tasting Room
2516 Market Ave
Cleveland, OH 44113
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Are you a current or aspiring "community kitchen crusader?"


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2013 Real Food, Real Local Conference

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May 15, 2013 - 9:00am - May 17, 2013 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Eclipse Town Company Store
11309 Jackson Drive
The Plains, OH 45780
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Are you passionate about local foods? Whether you are a farmer, processor, involved with farmers or retail markets, a food entrepreneur, advocate or consumer, our May conference will whet your appetite with fresh ideas, proven approaches, great connections, and plenty of interaction and fun.

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Cleveland Connects: Can distinctive restaurants, food related businesses, and urban farms nourish the rebirth of Cleveland's neighborhoods?

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September 20, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: 
The Idea Center at Playhouse Square
1375 Euclid Avenue Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre
Cleveland, OH
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Can distinctive restaurants, food-related businesses and urban farms nourish the rebirth of Cleveland's neighborhoods?... Read more »

Working Group(s): 
Health & Nutrition
Working Group(s): 
Land Use & Planning
Working Group(s): 
Local Purchasing

Ohio Grown: Local Food Creating Local Opportunities

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August 9, 2012 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: 
The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
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Ohio Grown: Local Food Creating Opportunities

Keynote Speaker Kathleen Merrigan, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Come learn about changing policies to support local food economies, local food financing, scaling up, and more.  Full invitation to follow.  Questions? Please contact U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's office: OhioGrown [at] brown [dot] senate [dot] gov or 1.888.896.OHIO ext. 2

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