INVITE: Collaborating for Regional Food Systems
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 9:30am-12:00pm
Location: 212 6th Street North, Suite 2200, La Crosse, WI
The event will bring together businesses working on distribution and logistics for local and regional foods.
UW-Extension will host the event at their office. Several organizations are co-hosting the event in advance of the 2025 Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference.
RSVP appreciated but not required: email mmmille6@wisc.edu
Starting at 10:00am, we will hear lightening talks from:
- Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative on distribution
- Wisconsin Food Systems on data management
- UW Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems on collaborative logistics
- DATCP on Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants
- Great Lakes Midwest Food Business Center on progress
- Great Lakes Common Market on the Chicago scene
- Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition on collaboration (invited)
We will pass a hot mic around for YOU to share your projects and your interest in collaboration, too.
Watch this space for more information and updates.
Co-hosts include Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative, Wisconsin Food Systems, UW-LaCrosse Extension, UW-Madison Division of Extension Community Food Systems, and UW-CIAS. If you are interested in co-hosting, contact us at WFS.
Confirmed Participants as of 1/29/2025
- Andrew Adamski, Full Circle Farm
- Josh Engle, Driftless Organics
- Tyler Dvorak, Fifth Season
- Sarah Larson, Great Lakes Midwest Food Business Center
- Rufus Haucke, Keewaydin Farms
- Halee, Meadowlark Mill
- Phil Jahnke Sauer, Iowa RC&D
- Teresa Wiemerslage, Iowa Extension
- Beth Heller, WELLO
- Juli McGuire, Blue Roof Orchard
- Sheri Scott, Driftless Berry Growers
- Karin, Driftless Berry Growers
- Alondra Cano, Hungry Turtle Farm
- Ann Vang, Central Rivers Farmshed
- Kattia Jimenez, Pura Vida Organic Farm, LLC
- Christy McKenzie, Pastures and Plenty
- Joleen Baker, Coop Partners Warehouse
- Kat Becker, Cattail Organics
- Tracy Vinz, Olden Produce
- Tara Roberts-Turner, Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative
- Eliana Pinella, Common Market Great Lakes
- Peter Krause, Iowa Food Hub
- Bob Wills, Cedar Grove Cheese
- Noah Bloedorn, REAP
- Aidan Coffin Ness, REAP
- Rose Santa Gonsáles, NSF ICICLE
- Grace Puc, DATCP RFSI
- Allison Lindsey, DATCP Farm-to-School
- April Yancer, Farm to School and Institution Program Specialist
- Katie Kratch, DATCP Local Food Purchasing Assistance
- Sarah Lloyd, Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative
- Rebecca Kemble, Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc.
- Cathryn Herlihey, UWEX-Community Food Systems
- Lindsey Day Farnsworth, UWEX-Community Food Systems
- Michelle Miller, UW-CIAS