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S.D. Local Foods Coalition ~ May 2022 Update The May S.D. Local Foods Coalition meeting allowed for further networking, discussion on funding opportunities, planning for speakers & subcommittee work time.  The Coalition met on May 17, 2022 via Zoom, and started off with breakout time so that

S.D. Local Foods Coalition ~ March 2022 Update The S.D. Local Foods Coalition is made up of producers, consumers, and partners working to promote resilient, equitable local food systems, and food sovereignty for all.  They meet bi-monthly via Zoom, with the next meeting scheduled for May 17th

S.D. Local Foods Coalition Jan. 2022 Update In January 2022, supporters of local foods met at the SDSU Extension Pierre Regional Center and virtually, to plan with the S.D. Local Foods Coalition.  Objectives of the meeting were to bring clarity to scope of the work of the

S.D. Local Foods Coalition Dec. 2021 Update The South Dakota Local Foods Coalition met on Nov. 16, 2021 to summarize what the subcommittees have been doing, and make plans as a group. The Farm to School October meeting focused on describing where South Dakota currently is in Farm to

S.D. Local Foods Coalition Sept. 2021 Update The South Dakota Local Foods Coalition (SDLFC) met virtually on Sept. 21, 2021.  Sixteen individuals from over ten different South Dakotan agencies, as well as individual producers gathered to share ideas to promote local foods in South Dakota. Theresa Hoadley,

South Dakota Local Foods Coalition July 2021 Update A group of several statewide organizations has officially come together to relaunch the South Dakota Local Foods Coalition. The name of the group was voted on at the last meeting, on Tuesday, July 20.  Partnering organizations including:  SDSU Extension,

S.D. Local Foods Coalition Prioritizes Focus Areas The South Dakota Local Foods Coalition met on June 15, 2021. The online meeting was attended by fifteen people representing over ten different agencies from across the state.  All of these agencies, S.D. Dept. of Ag. and Natural Resources, Sicangu

SD Local Foods Network Re-Energizes Efforts On March 1 –2 in Oacoma at the Arrowwood Resort, producers and agency representatives met to collaborate and re-energize efforts to grow the local foods system in the state where all stakeholders are heard and solutions are developed. These efforts were