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One more kind of message – making an offer

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 11:53 — Casey Hoy

We're about to launch the last in a series of specific kinds of posts that can be made on the Ohio Local Food Systems Collaborative website, an offer of support. It will show up as an additional "button" along with "I'd like to post a message…", "I'd like to post a business plan", etc.

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss, NY Times, 22 July 2008 by Kim Severson

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 00:56 — Linda B.

Peter DaSilva for The New York Times

Trevor Paque at work in San Francisco in a garden his company planted in a client's backyard.

Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer's market, let alone plant a garden?

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Exploring your interest in a grant proposal

Thu, 07/17/2008 - 19:39 — Casey Hoy

Attached to this post on the OLFSC site is an idea for a proposal to the Specialty Crops Research Initiative, under the Regional Partnership for Innovation section of the program. We are interested in including our Midwest regional partners and their states in this project. Given the short turnaround required for this program, I'll need your response soon.

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Getting down to business (plans)

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 13:15 — Casey Hoy

As you've no doubt noticed, our community of subscribers is getting pretty good at using the networking capability offered by the Ohio Local Food Systems Collaborative site. If you'll forgive the academic analogy, we've passed Networking 101. I feel pretty good about passing this introductory course, but my teenage kids have the equivalent of Masters degrees in this subject, learned by doing. It's time to move on to Networking 201 - getting about the business of local food systems infrastructure.

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Local Agriculture: Growing locally given a helping hand in Bay Area

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:37 — Steve Bosserman

The article below by James Burke relates to an earlier OLFSC posting by Ross MacDonald about My Farm in the Bay Area. The My Farm business model is one we are exploring for possible application in the Greener Acres - Worthington Hills project which is getting started. You can track our progress and even join our effort via the Greener Acres group on the OLFSC.

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A Vision for Worthington Hills

Sun, 06/08/2008 - 23:01 — Steve Bosserman

My previous posting presented ideas for a local food system in the Worthington Hills area. Ideas are necessary, but insufficient to drive the development and execution of a sound business plans. Vision gives ideas purpose, energy, and persistence over time. Vision is what's possible when assumed conditions are met, yet it remains responsive to the unexpected along the way toward fruition.

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