FW: MN Farm to School Survey
Solin, Jeremy
In case you want to participate in the MN Farm to School Survey …
Dear farmers, ranchers, honey producers, wild ricers and other local food producers,
Farm to School – the effort by K-12 schools to purchase locally grown foods -- is growing rapidly, with districts that serve 60% of Minnesota’s K12 students now participating to some degree. To help make sure that Farm to School works as well as possible for farmers, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) conducts a survey each year to gather producers’ feedback about Farm to School.
Whether you currently sell to K-12 schools or not, we’d like to know what you think about Farm to School in Minnesota: what’s working, what’s not, what would help you benefit more from the K-12 market and so on. And whether you live in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa or North or South Dakota, we invite you to share your perspective.
Please click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5JXBY9Xto take the survey. The survey should take less than 10 minutes and is mostly multiple choice. Make sure to hit “DONE” at the end so that your response is recorded. Para responder en español, por favor llámenos al (612) 870-3450.
Please respond by Wednesday, February 15. And to sweeten the pot, three lucky respondents will be chosen at random to receive a Farm to School (“I Dig My Farmer”) apron. Thanks for taking the survey and best wishes for the season ahead!
JoAnne Berkenkamp
Program Director, Local Foods
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 870-3410
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Vanessa Herald
Great Lakes Region Farm to School Network Coordinator
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
University of Wisconsin - Madison
608.263.6064
vhe...@wisc.edu
www.cias.wisc.edu
www.farmtoschool.org
www.facebook.com/GreatLakesFarmtoSchool