Our keynote speaker will be Ken Meter of the Crossroads Resource Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota who will share his research on the potential economic and social impacts of agriculture and local foods production and distribution in Marshall County. Ken is a noted expert in evaluation and systems planning around community economic development, with a specialization in rural and ethnic communities. You will find Ken’s presentation on the Marshall County food economy to be quite eye opening, and possibly, change the way you view food production and consumption.
As an influential member of Marshall County’s professional community, we invite your insight into the creation of a local foods system plan that may be a critical future component of your local community infrastructure. In light of recent food security and food safety issues across the nation, there is growing interest in knowing where our food comes from, how it was grown/raised and by whom. Similarly, increasing consumer demand for fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy has created an economic development opportunity for producers, restaurants and groceries alike.
We hope you can plan to attend as your participation and input will provide great insight into the future of a local food system plan for Marshall County. Please respond to Carman Rosburg at Prairie Rivers of Iowa Resource Conservation Development if you plan to attend by June 2nd at 515-232-0048 or via email at crosburg@prrcd.org . Thank you.
Best regards,
John Paulin
Coordinator, Prairie Rivers of Iowa Resource Conservation and Development
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