RESOURCES AND TOOLS

POULTRY PROCESSING WORKING GROUP SUMMARY REPORT 2009

LEAP INTO LOCAL FOODS

Leap into Local Foods Workshop - held Feb 29, 2008  write-up

Local Food Systems.org  This site was developed as a result of the Leap into Local Foods Workshop held February 29, 2008. It is the go-to site for networking, collaborating and building local economies in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The site is open to anyone wishing to find out more or to participate in strengthening our local food systems. Log on to the site and select from a long list of working groups all engaged in finding solutions and opportunities for building local food systems.

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Discussion Topics

PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR A SUSTAINABLE FARM

In the Spring of 2008, AMP offered a class in Planning and Design of a Sustainable Farm - Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the class was video linked between Wooster and the Columbus OSU campuses.  The Mellinger Farm was the focus for the planning exercise and resulted in team presentations proposing unique enterprise opportunities and innovative designs for the long term sustainability of the historic farm.

Course and reference materials used for the class:

• Course flyer - FarmPlanDesignCourse1.pdf
• Mellinger Farm Background - MellingerInfo.pdf
• Course Syllabus and background - sustagintro.pdf , 72_ways.pdf , PDSustFarmSyllabus.pdf , TBL Farm Report.pdf
• Holistic Resource Management - HRMInPractice.pdf , HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT AS A WHOLE FARM PLANNING TOOL DeborahStinner.pdf
• Systems Analysis and Simulation Models - AgroecosytemSimulation.pdf , BOODY_GEORGEmultifunctionalAg.pdf , ifarmsysmodreference.pdf
• Slides used April 3 for the "Plant Ag" lecture - mellinger-course-plant-ag-slides-mk08-1.pdf
• Suggested Readings and Food Animal Production presentation by Francis Fluharty - FOOD ANIMAL PRODUCTION, OPPORTUNITIES, and CHALLENGES handout.pdf ,
• Farm Energy Reference material - Challenges in Farm Energy Conservation and Production.pdf , Energy Challenge.pdf , SaveEnergyonFarm.pdf
• Economic case studies - naf2.pdf - Rich Bennett (pages13-15); Richard DeWilde and Linda Halley (pages 16-18); Diana and Gary Endicott (pages 22-24); TransCostsIowa.pdf , FPlectureEcon.pdf , smallfarmprofitability.pdf , van_der_Ploeg_Jan_Douwe (1).pdf
• Power Point presentation by Fred Kirschermann - The Power of Duck - ASA-CSSA-SSSA revised 11 8 2005 [Read-Only].pdf
• Power Point presentation by Molly Bean Smith -Community and Agriculture Lecture - Microsoft PowerPoint - Bean, Sustainable Farm Lecture.pdf