IU Center for Rural Engagement

IU Community Food Systems – Includes BC Fact Sheet

Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) – Request for Proposals
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Jan 30, 2020. Regional Conference.

• Join us for this regional event with an incredible line-up of speakers and strategy sessions to help build a thriving regional food system in South-Central Indiana!
•  Strategy sessions include:
  • Business and economic development in the food system
  • Shared-use kitchens and meat processing infrastructure for farm and food businesses
  • Indiana Grown for Schools
  • Value chain coordination and creating networks of connectivity
  • Community and nonprofit innovations for markets and food councils
  • Agritourism for the Indiana Uplands

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• • Greenfield farmer opens new grocery store in east Indianapolis food desert

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