Information to get users started in the Networking section

Welcome to the Local Food Systems Networking section!

The Networking section contains the social networking tools to help site users communicate and identify shared interests. The Networking section exists to help fledgling or expanding businesses and their supporters, particularly those in relatively close proximity, connect with each other to mutual benefit. Here you will find opportunities to connect with other individuals who are interested in starting new businesses, supporting existing businesses, and discussing ideas about local foods. The Networking section is focused on three main types of content:



Collaborative Business Networks (CBN) are designed for Local Food Systems users to collaborate, focus on, and achieve a specific, well defined goal. Primarily CBNs are used to develop business ecosystems, a collaborative network of entrepreneurs, existing businesses, business supporters, and customers that seek to create new or expand existing supply chains. However, CBNs have also be used for tasks such as developing inter-collegiate programs and as a vehicle for new community groups to organize around a shared vision. CBNs give site users a set of tools (posts, private messages, events, to do items, and folders) that allow them to organize and assign tasks, set deadlines, disseminate information, and share important files. CBNs can be either Public (available for everyone on the Local Food Systems website to see) or Private (view-able only by the members of the group).

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Common Interest Groups (CIG) allow you to discuss topics of interest with other Local Food Systems users. Less focused than Collaborative Business Networks, CIGs are designed to act as repositories of knowledge, to stimulate thought, and introduce people to new topics with which they are not familiar. Users with knowledge in topic areas are encouraged to share their experiences, post links to relevant articles, and answer questions from the Local Food Systems community. Tools available to CIGs include posts, events, and folders. These tools allow site users to disseminate information and share important files to other users that share their interests. CIGs can be either Public (available for everyone on the Local Food Systems website to see) or Private (view-able only by the members of the group).

Create A Common Interest Group



Forum Topics are for free flowing discussion on any topic relevant to Local Food Systems. You can start your own topic thread, or comment on an existing topic. All forum posts are public and view-able by all Local Food Systems users.

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Collaborative Business NetworksCreate A Collaborative Business Network

CBN Dashboard

Group Name Description Last Updatedsort ascending Creator Subscription
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV)

This PUBLIC portfolio collaboration space is for companies that are currently in the SUAV sector, companies that would like to join the SUAV sector

9 years 9 months David Spisak Request group membership
NEO AgBio CARE Projects
9 years 9 months Brian Gwin Request group membership
Midwest Food Innovation Network

To enhance collaboration among Commercial Kitchens, Kitchen Incubators and Food Hubs in Northeast Ohio.

9 years 12 months Brian Gwin Test Request group membership
Mellinger Farm Land Management and Operations

Draft a land management plan that will include strategies for rental contracts and management and programs. 

10 years 1 month Casey Hoy Request group membership
Baer Farms Dairy Products

Provide Local Dairy products for 

sustainable

natural

 

10 years 3 months cbaer Request group membership
 
Group Name Description Last Updatedsort ascending Creator Subscription
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV)

This PUBLIC portfolio collaboration space is for companies that are currently in the SUAV sector, companies that would like to join the SUAV sector

9 years 9 months David Spisak Request group membership
NEO AgBio CARE Projects
9 years 9 months Brian Gwin Request group membership
Midwest Food Innovation Network

To enhance collaboration among Commercial Kitchens, Kitchen Incubators and Food Hubs in Northeast Ohio.

9 years 12 months Brian Gwin Test Request group membership
Mellinger Farm Land Management and Operations

Draft a land management plan that will include strategies for rental contracts and management and programs. 

10 years 1 month Casey Hoy Request group membership
Baer Farms Dairy Products

Provide Local Dairy products for 

sustainable

natural

 

10 years 3 months cbaer Request group membership
Common Interest GroupsCreate A Common Interest Group

CIG Dashboard

Group Name Description Last Updatedsort ascending Creator Subscription
Tuscarawas County Local Foodshed Initiative Project

We are a newly formed, volunteer group.  Not affilitated exclusively with any local business or organization. Join in the dialogue! 

4 years 12 months jennsjoy Subscribe to group
Summit Food Policy Coalition   4 years 12 months ellsworth.2@osu.edu Subscribe to group
Seeds Of Significance

Seeds Of Significance aims to strengthen netwo

4 years 12 months citysos Subscribe to group
Green and Growing Initiative

Potential Goals and Outcomes

4 years 12 months Steve Bosserman Subscribe to group
Scaling up Local Foods   4 years 12 months SusanSmalley Subscribe to group
Public - accessible to all site users
Group Name Description Last Updatedsort ascending Creator Subscription
Advance Stark County Agriculture

Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Stark County

4 years 12 months Michelle Spain Subscribe to group
NE Ohio Livestock Renewable Energy

Provide resource materials to farmers, agribusiness' and community leaders which enhance the consideration of farm based biomass to energy pr

4 years 12 months Brian Gwin Subscribe to group
MASCRI Markets

Welcome to a network of fruit and vegetable industry members in the Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative, funded by the USDA Specialty C

4 years 12 months webadmin Subscribe to group
Farm to School PA   4 years 12 months Cassandra Morgan Subscribe to group
Networking and Collaborating Tools Development

This is an effort to move discussions started here http://socialsynergyweb.org

4 years 12 months webadmin Subscribe to group

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