Common Interest Groups
Group Name | Description | Last Updated | Creator | Subscription |
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Advance Cuyahoga County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Cuyahoga County |
5 years 8 months | Morgan Taggart | Subscribe to group |
Advance Lorain County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for |
5 years 8 months | Brad Masi | Subscribe to group |
Advance Mahoning County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Mahoning County |
5 years 8 months | Elsa Higby | Subscribe to group |
Advance NorthEast Ohio Partners |
This group is focused on building the Northeast Ohio local and regional economy based on local and regional food systems, renewable energy, distrib |
5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Advance Stark County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Stark County |
5 years 8 months | Michelle Spain | Subscribe to group |
Advance Summit County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Summit County |
5 years 8 months | Darwin Kelsey | Subscribe to group |
Advance Wayne County Agriculture |
Working group to develop business cases within the Agriculture and Biosciences Cluster for Wayne County |
5 years 8 months | rcrider | Subscribe to group |
Ag Success Team of Wayne County | 5 years 8 months | Kylee Terwilliger | Subscribe to group | |
Akron Grows Community Gardening | 5 years 8 months | ellsworth.2@osu.edu | Subscribe to group | |
Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative (ASFC) |
To build seed-to-table regional scale bean, grain, oil seed and perennial nut staple food systems in Appalachia the Midwest, and wherever communit |
5 years 8 months | AppStaple | Subscribe to group |
Cincinnati Local Foods Group |
The Cincinnati Local Foods Group is a yahoo group which shares information about local fo |
5 years 8 months | valereee | Subscribe to group |
Cincinnati Regional Food Congress - March 2009 |
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5 years 8 months | Clare Norwood | Subscribe to group |
Circles of Support Pilot Project |
Working in urban neighborhoods with low-income households, single parents with young children, etc.: |
5 years 8 months | Sara Ward | Subscribe to group |
Coalition for Food Abundance in Pittsburgh Wiki |
The purpose of this workspace is to provide a space to collaboratively develop a manual for food sovereignty in Western PA. |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Consumer-driven production practices, consumer education opportunities, educational needs for the producer |
Three main areas of emphasis were chosen by this group: |
5 years 8 months | Leah Miller | Subscribe to group |
Dismantling Structural Racism in the Food System | 5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group | |
Entrepreneurs in Agriculture |
This group will explore diverse and unique attributes of agricultural businesses- seasonality, production modeling, distribution and food safety, a |
5 years 8 months | Abbe Turner | Subscribe to group |
Expanding meat processing capabilities to meet the needs of consumers, processors, and diverse cultural preferences |
The meat processing group chose several ways to build infrastructure for local meat processing and value added enterprises: |
5 years 8 months | Francis Fluharty | Subscribe to group |
Faith-Based Food and Agriculture Initiatives |
This is a place for faith communities who are working on food and agriculture issues to meet and to share ideas and resources. |
5 years 8 months | Claire Hermann | Subscribe to group |
Farm Impossible |
This project was developed at the 6th Annual Stinner Summit. The project title, support and objectives are:
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5 years 8 months | Chester Bowling | Subscribe to group |
Farm to Institutional Food Service |
Local procurement policies for small institutions, particularly educational institutions, are a current opportunity to establish local food systems |
5 years 8 months | Tom Redfern | Subscribe to group |
Farm to School Ohio |
In addition to the overall mission of supporting Ohio farm to school efforts, a group formed at the 6th annual Stinner Summit will be using this gr |
5 years 8 months | sminwood | Subscribe to group |
Farm to School PA | 5 years 8 months | Cassandra Morgan | Subscribe to group | |
FFA Agrientrepreneurship | 5 years 8 months | Anne Scott | Subscribe to group | |
Food Desert issues in Urban and Rural Communities |
Food Deserts have been identified as a real issue impacting both urban and rural communities. |
5 years 8 months | Megan Shoenfelt | Subscribe to group |
Green and Growing Initiative |
Potential Goals and Outcomes |
5 years 8 months | Steve Bosserman | Subscribe to group |
Greener Acres |
To establish an openly collaborative forum wherein participants: |
5 years 8 months | Steve Bosserman | Subscribe to group |
Holmes Value-Added Agriculture | 5 years 8 months | Leah Miller | Subscribe to group | |
Inner City Wellness and Local Foods |
The mission of this open work group is to improve the health and well being of inner city communities and residents in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michi |
5 years 8 months | Ross MacDonald | Subscribe to group |
Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute |
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5 years 8 months | Brian Gwin | Subscribe to group |
LFS Philadelphia Working Group |
This group will serve as communication medium for people involved with Local Food in Philadelphia. |
5 years 8 months | sam@earle.com | Subscribe to group |
LFS Storytellers |
The mission of this group is to tell stories about local food efforts, issues, opportunities, and entrepreneurs. |
5 years 8 months | Ross MacDonald | Subscribe to group |
Local Food Systems Computer Modeling, GIS, Data(mining) group |
This is a meta group to explore, discuss, post blog posts, ideas, and resources about technology applications, best practices, and resources for Co |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Local Food Technology & Software |
Software & Technology are creating new & exciting possibiiities for the local food movement, and will play a significant role in a new, dec |
5 years 8 months | buckybox | Subscribe to group |
Logistics, particularly transportation for increasing volume of local foods |
Localized hubs for small producers are currently key to consolidating supplies into commercially viable volumes. |
5 years 8 months | Trevor Clatterbuck | Subscribe to group |
Marketing and Education, relative to any foods |
Out of many possibilities, the proposed area of focus is to adopt and join the national Buy Fresh, Buy Local program for Ohio. |
5 years 8 months | Sylvia Zimmerman | Subscribe to group |
MASCRI Environmental |
Welcome to a network of fruit and vegetable industry members in the Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative, funded by the USDA Specialty C |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
MASCRI Health Benefits |
Welcome to a network of fruit and vegetable industry members in the Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative, funded by the USDA Specialty C |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
MASCRI Innovation |
Welcome to a network of fruit and vegetable industry members in the Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative, funded by the USDA Specialty C |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | 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 |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
MASCRI Technology |
Welcome to a network of fruit and vegetable industry members in the Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative, funded by the USDA Specialty C |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
MI Culinary Tourism 2010 Conference Planning | 5 years 8 months | SusanSmalley | 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 |
5 years 8 months | Brian Gwin | Subscribe to group |
NEO Food Congress 2008 |
NEO Food Congress 2008 |
5 years 8 months | Matt Russell | Subscribe to group |
NEO Packaged Foods and Snacks Networking | 5 years 8 months | Brian Gwin | Subscribe to group | |
Networking and Collaborating Tools Development |
This is an effort to move discussions started here http://socialsynergyweb.org |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Non-GMO Feed to Farmer |
This project was developed at the 6th Annual Stinner Summit. The project title, support and objectives are:
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5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Organic Nutrient Management Value Network |
The network will support existing businesses and foster the development of business cases related to effective utilization of organic nutrient from |
5 years 8 months | Brian Gwin | Subscribe to group |
OSASN, Ohio Sustainable Agriculture Students Network |
Ohio colleges and universities are currently collaborating on a statewide network of sustainable agriculture education programs. |
5 years 7 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
OSU Faculty & Staff |
Provides connectivity among OSU faculty, staff and students working on food systems.
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5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Permaculture-based, and small farm production biofuels |
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5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Pittsburgh Community Garden Coordinators | 5 years 8 months | jnewman11 | Subscribe to group | |
Real Food, Real Local, Real Good Institute |
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5 years 8 months | 30milemeal | Subscribe to group |
Regional, National and International Partners |
The Regional, National and International Partners working group is specifically for our colleagues from outside of Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania |
5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Scalable Perennial Polyculture |
This project is an attempt to provide an alternative to annual monoculture farming. |
5 years 8 months | patrick.oconell | Subscribe to group |
Scaling up Local Foods | 5 years 8 months | SusanSmalley | Subscribe to group | |
Seeds Of Significance |
Seeds Of Significance aims to strengthen netwo |
5 years 8 months | citysos | Subscribe to group |
SLOW MONEY NEO (Cleveland and Beyond) |
SLOW MONEY NEO CONNECTS INVESTORS LOCALLY WITH LOCAL FOOD ENTREPRENUERS TO BRING DOLLARS FROM WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET, INVESTING IN FOOD, FARMS, |
5 years 8 months | janlitt | Subscribe to group |
Small Grains Information Clearing House |
Create a website to distribute information on the complete list of small grains that can be grown in Ohio, their agronomic and nutritional characte |
5 years 8 months | Jeannine Snyder | Subscribe to group |
Small Scale Farming Permaculture |
Discussion, knowledge collection, resource collection, and project incubation related to small farm |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Stinner Summit IV Project |
The project chosen at the 2010 Stinner Summit was titled the Polyfarming Project. |
5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Stinner Summit V Project - Youngstown Eats |
The Youngstown Eats project focuses on providing healthy meals, locally sourced and ready to eat, to youth in Youngstown who have poor access to go |
5 years 8 months | Casey Hoy | Subscribe to group |
Summit Food Policy Coalition | 5 years 8 months | ellsworth.2@osu.edu | Subscribe to group | |
Summit Urban Farming Initiative | 5 years 8 months | ellsworth.2@osu.edu | Subscribe to group | |
Sustainable Local Economic Development |
The purpose of this group is to document viable alternatives by which any cluster of 1,000 people can sustain themselves through locally sourced fo |
5 years 8 months | Steve Bosserman | Subscribe to group |
The Akron Cooperative |
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5 years 8 months | The Akron Coope... | Subscribe to group |
The Erie Wire's Harvest Vision |
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5 years 8 months | The Erie Wire | Subscribe to group |
The Urbiculture Foundation | 5 years 8 months | rdsinvco1 | Subscribe to group | |
Top 10 Produce LLC National Ning Network |
Cut and Paste this into your browser if you want to join this 100% Free Network. |
5 years 8 months | Top10ProduceLLC | Subscribe to group |
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! |
5 years 8 months | jennsjoy | Subscribe to group |
Urban and Suburban Agriculture |
There is tremendous opportunity within cities and outlying suburbs, to create new economic drivers through food production, and the |
5 years 8 months | webadmin | Subscribe to group |
Urban Landscape and Ecology Program (ULEP) Collaboration Forum |
The 2nd Conference on Ecological Landscaping: Enhancing Self-Reliance and Resilience of |
5 years 8 months | parwindergrewal | Subscribe to group |
Value added dairy processing |
This group focused on value added processing for dairy products suggested three opportunities that would benefit local dairy industry: |
5 years 8 months | Brian Schlatter | Subscribe to group |
Value-added Processing (all foods) |
A good inventory and assessment of agricultural resources in Ohio, both production and processing is an important and needed baseline - what infras |
5 years 8 months | Amalie Lipstreu | Subscribe to group |
Western PA Shared Commercial Kitchen/Value-Added Processing Network |
This network developed out of the 2011 Shared Commercial Kitchen Roundtable hosted by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, in |
5 years 8 months | smith_leah | Subscribe to group |
Western Pennsylvania Farmers Market Managers |
Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Farmers Market Manager Discussion Forum! This is a place for market managers to connect with one another to sh |
5 years 8 months | smith_leah | Subscribe to group |
Youth in Local Food Systems |
We are an expanding network of educators, mentors, community activists, local foods entrepreneurs, students, parents,and interested others who are |
5 years 8 months | Ross MacDonald | Subscribe to group |