Buyer Evaluation Survey Flier (July, 2024) Brief summary of responses to SD Specialty Producers Association’s 2024 Buyer Evaluation. Buyer Evaluation Survey Summary (Sept., 2024) Summary of responses to SD Specialty Producers Association’s 2024 Buyer Evaluation. Culinary Professional’s Use of Local Specialty Crops, SDSPA Results of 2022 survey
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Presenters: Dr. Margaret Brady, Owner of the Mill Downtown; Jamie Smidt Fowler, Local Food Coordinator, Golden Hills Resource Conservation Development; and Deborah Solie, Project Associate, Center for Rural Affairs. Description: Listen in to hear about Market at the Mill, a new year round market for local
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Presenters: Jason Soren and Wayne Soren of the Dakota Community Market Description: SDSPA is excited to share this webinar on the power of community building, featuring board members Jason and Wayne Soren of the Dakota Community Market. This event promises to be an enlightening exploration of how
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Presenters: Denise Venner, Venner Farm, and Chef Lauren Forsch, The Boat House Bar & Grill at Spring Creek Description: Learn how Venner Farm provides high-quality, organic products to community members like Chef Lauren Forsch, of Boat House Bar and Grill. Venner Farm is a small farm dedicated
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Presenters: Alice Bagley with Fields of Plenty, City Commons Cooperative Description: Alice Bagley with Fields of Plenty spoke on the topic of their multi farm CSA, City Commons CSA in Detroit, MI, sharing advantages and considerations of a multi farm CSA. Recorded: March 28, 2023 This segment
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Presenter: Connie McDonald, Dakota Fresh Food Hub manager & Chara Hymans, StarFresh Farms owner Description: Residents & producers near Sioux Falls, SD have a great opportunity to buy & sell local produce through the Dakota Fresh Food Hub. In our fourth aggregation-focused podcast, we explore how this hub
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Presenter: Nikki Warner, The Good Acre Food Hub Description: Located near Minneapolis & St. Paul, The Good Acre Food Hub serves producers and consumers in their region. Going beyond simply connecting farmers with wholesale market needs, The Good Acre is also all about educating and supporting their
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Presenter: Teresa Wiemerslage, ISU Extension & Outreach Description: In our second podcast of the season on Aggregation, we are learning about how Iowa uses food hubs to help connect producers with schools. Teresa Wiemerslage, of Iowa State University Extension, shares her experience with helping to set up
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