This announcement is courtesy of Georgia Reash, an excellent opportunity particularly with some quality input from those with a background in market research, thanks Georgia!
Manufacturing has developed some principles that can be applied to local food systems. The point is not that we're interested in producing more food widgets, its that efficiency (energy, water, nutrients, etc.) is very important in the design, operation and ultimate success. Here's an example of application of these principles from the OSU Fisher College of Business. And kudos to Thom Stevenson and Chef Mark Newton for bringing this expertise to the table. An excerpt:
"Greg Leach's project could help farmers across Ohio.
You may have already seen this, but in case you haven't, the entrepreneurs in agriculture group should certainly be aware of a new project in NE Ohio. The project is described in a post to the Advance Northeast Ohio Partners group. If you are in NE Ohio and haven't done so already, please consider joining the Advance Northeast Ohio Partners group. And if you know of individuals in NE Ohio who would be key leaders that could serve on a leadership council for this regional effort, ple
I wanted to forward this article about "The Green Taam" to the meat processing and other working groups of Local Food Systems. Amalia and Ariella participated in many of the Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) meetings and discusions which were held at OARDC this past year. The Cleveland Jewish News featured their new enterprise in a recent edition.