Illinois Survey: Value-added local food program (Lincoln Land Community College)

[Debbie Hillman]

Hi, Marnie --

This looks like a great survey.  As you can see, I am sending it out to the larger Illinois networks (per Pat Stieren's forward through the Illinois Farmers Market list-serv).    I took the survey as a "Local Food Professional".   I have a couple questions about the survey.

1.  What is the geographical jurisdiction of Lincoln Land Community College?     Presumably, you would especially want survey responses from people in that geography -- since they are the ones most likely to be taking the classes.   If you don't know the jurisdictional boundaries exactly, perhaps you can share the major cities/towns which feed into Lincoln Land.   (There may be some individuals who I know who are not on these list-servs but who are in your geography.)

2.   Will you be sharing the results publicly?  For example, will you be posting the results on the IGEN website (where the Illinois community college "local food" initiative is housed)?   Even if your data will focus on Lincoln Land, people in other areas (Illinois and beyond) can learn from (a) the survey itself, and (b) from the results.    (Food system work is so new to everyone that we don't even know what the right questions are sometimes.  I think you've put together a very good set of questions that would be useful to others.)

3.   Are you or will you be working with Western Illinois University, who has a university-level value-added program?     (Perhaps other Illinois universities have value-added programs as well.  SIU?  I just don't know about them.)    Alternatively, would community college students feed into the culinary schools (e.g., Kendall College in Chicago) and are you working with any of the culinary schools?   Presumably a food incubator (such as Now We're Cookin' in Evanston) could also help your graduates go to the next step.

4.  Is there a deadline on the survey?

I will be happy to forward your responses to the list-servs, if appropriate.   

Thanks.   Keep us posted on the value-added program.  

-- Debbie

Debbie Hillman

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From: "Marnie E Record" <Marnie...@llcc.edu>
To: pstie...@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:06:10 PM
Subject: value-added local food program at Lincoln Land Community College

Hi Pat,

 

I have created a survey to help determine the direction of a new value-added local food curriculum I am creating for Lincoln Land Community College, and I would appreciate your help in distributing it to the Illinois Farmers Market Association members or your suggestions as to the best ways to get it out. I’m coming to your conference in March and will share it with people then too. There are slightly different surveys for farmers, chefs, food service managers, grocers, and local food professionals, but the intent is to get feedback on the most viable types of classes the program should include. My goal is to get at least fifty responses in each category.

 

Here is the link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/valueaddedlocalfood

 

This is the link to embed in a website: <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/valueaddedlocalfood">Click here to take survey</a>

 

Thank you and please let me know if you have any additional questions.

 

Marnie

 

Marnie Record

Lincoln Land Community College

Workforce Specialist

5250 Shepherd Road

Springfield, IL 62794-9256

Phone 217-786-4993

Fax 217-786-2463