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Cooperatives
- Agricultural Cooperative Law: A Selective Bibliography (The National Agricultural Law Center)
- Co-op 101 (Cooperative Development Services)
- Cooperative Food Hubs: Food hubs fill the ‘missing middle,' helping small producers tap local markets
- Cooperatives: Their Role for Farm Producers (Univ of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension)
- Resource Guide for Collaborative Marketing (University of Minnesota Extension)
- The Limited Liability Company Versus the New Generation Cooperative: Alternative Business Forms for Rural Economic Development (Western Illinois University)
Food Hub Resources
- Building Successful Food Hubs: A Business Planning Guide for Aggregating and Processing Local Food in Illinois (Family Farmed)
- Cooperative Food Hubs: Food hubs fill the ‘missing middle,' helping small producers tap local markets
- Cornell University Resources on Food Hubs
- Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment
- Getting to Scale with Regional Food Hubs (Jim Barham, USDA)
- Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (Website for USDA Initiative)
- Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass
- Plannning the Engineering Design of Food Processing Facilities
- Regional Food Hub Resource Guide (USDA)
Food Hubs & Processing Centers
- Green & Green
- Local Food Hub (Charlottesville, Virginia)
- Local Food Hub Brings It All Together
- Moving Food along the Value Chain: Innovation in Regional Food Distribution (USDA)
- Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center
- Red Tomato (Plainville, MA)
- Rutgers Food Innovation Center Facility Description
- Rutgers Food Innovation Center Floor Plan and Photos
- Rutgers Food Innovation Center Overview
- Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen
- Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Equipment List
- Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Facility Layout
- Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Photo Tour
- Working List of Food Hubs (USDA)
Food System Research
- A Framework for Monitoring Local and Regional Food Systems (Heather Davis, 2011)
- Building Regional Food Systems, Part 1: Foundational Definitions and the Northeast
- Central Illinois Food System Assessment Highlights (Ken Meter)
- Central Illinois Food System Assessment Presentation (Ken Meter)
- Cornell University Library Guide to Local Food Systems
- Economic Cost of Food Monopolies (Food & Water Watch)
- Food Environment Atlas (USDA)
- Green Jobs in a Sustainable Food System (Center for Resilient Cities)
- Local Food Perceptions, Prospects, and Policies
- Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
- Organic Harvest: :An Action Plan for Building the Illinois Organic Food System (Sustain, 2005)
- Rebuilding America's Economy with Family Farm Centered Food Systems (Farm Aid)
- Regional Food Systems Planning: A Case Study from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
- Scaling Up: Meeting the Demand for Local Food --Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS)
Local Food & Farm Organizations
Marketing & Management Tools
Tools and Plans
- Coolbot: How to Build Your Own Walk-In Cooler with a Window Air Conditioner
- Low Cost Cold Storage Room for Market Growers (Univ of Kentucky)
- Mesh Produce Bags: Easy Batch Processing (Univ of Wisconsin Extension)
- Narrow Pallet System (Univ of Wisconsin Extension)
- Packing Shed Layout (Univ of Wisconsin Extension)
- Packing Shed Layout (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Plan the Perfect Packing Shed (Growing for Market)
- Post-Harvest Handling and Transportation Methods that Allow Small-Scale Growers To Deliver Top-Quality Produce (Jeff Kindhart, Univ of Illinois)
- Standard Containers (Univ of Wisconsin Extension)
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