Summary of Northeast Ohio Regional Food Collaboration Project, including summary of project without appendices.
Resources
Summary of Community Stakeholders Recommendations, includes a summary of possible next steps for a Regional Food Council, a Regional Learning Network, and potential Collaborative Projects.
Growing Networks to Grow the Local Food Economy of Northeast Ohio, slides from a presentation given by Brad Masi which summarizes results of a regional network mapping process.
Network Mapping Summary, a written summary of the recently completed network mapping project during the Summer of 2015 that includes an overview of open networks and local food systems, and network maps and descriptions of current and future collaborations, opportunities and barriers, network diversity, and collaborative projects.
Full Report of Northeast Ohio Regional Food Collaboration Project, including What We Did, Why We Did It, What We Learned, and What Happens Next. Also includes appendices for Regional Planning and Local Food Systems, Local Food Hub Development, Network Analysis, and Community Forum.
Summary of proceedings of forum on Regional Planning and Local Food Systems, held at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordianting Agency (NOACA) on June 22, 2015.
Presentation by Brian Williams with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the Regional Planning for Local Food Systems Forum held on June 26th, 2015 at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordianting Agency public meeting room. Provides an overview of regional planning work for local food systems taking place in central Ohio and how it might translate to efforts in Northeast Ohio.
A presention by Leslie Schaller with the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACENet) in Athens, Ohio as a part of the Northeast Ohio Regional Food Hub gathering at the Lake-to-River Cooperative in Youngstown Ohio. The presentation reviews collaboartive systems that have been successful in the growth of the local food economy in the southeast Ohio region.
A presentation providing an overview of food hubs and the recommendation that food hubs be developed as an integrated network and not just isolated facilities. Presented at the Northeast Ohio Food Hub Gathering at the Lake-to-River Cooperative in Youngstown, July 22, 2015 by Brian Williams with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commision (MORPC).