Community Food Systems

Coalition letter to Governor Dayton

IATP was one of 70 organizations signing a letter to Governor Mark Dayton opposing proposed cuts to Farm to School and Early Care, the Good Food Access Program and Urban Agriculture in Minnesota's final supplemental budget bill. That letter with full list of signatories can be found below. 

Protect Farm to School and Early Care

Farm to School and Early Care funding is under attack, despite Minnesota having a budget surplus. Find out how you can help this crucial program for kids, farmers and rural communities.

Uprooted Episode 31: Farm to Cafeteria Conference

This week, the 9th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Farm to Early Care

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Uprooted Episode 19: Caucus for Good Food on February 6th!

If you live in Minnesota, shaping the platform of the political parties to pay more attention to good food access and healthy, vibrant farms is something you have the opportunity to do on Tuesday, February 6 at 7pm with your fellow Minnesotans at the caucuses.

Uprooted Episode 17: MN Community Food Systems

More and more, farm and hunger advocates are acting in coalition to protect the supply of healthy food that is accessible by all people and beneficial to community development.

Farm to Institution seeds grow in 2017

2017 has been a dynamic year for the Farm to Institution program at IATP! This was the second year we engaged with multiple Head Start program partners concurrently to implement our Farm to Head Start model, with a final cohort of four partner programs.

Uprooted Episode 5: Farm to School Month!

It's Farm to School Month! Erin McKee and Katie Costello talk about IATP's Farm to Institution program. Then Ben Lilliston joins the podcast to talk about the Local FARMS act that was just introduced in Congress.

Filling the Local Foods Gap in the Farm Bill

When we started our partnership with St. Cloud’s Reach Up Head Start program, Nutrition Services Coordinator Haley Anderson knew she wanted to source locally produced food for her kids–she just wasn’t sure how to do it. Building in nutrition education for kids and families was a straightforward process.

Farm to School Month Highlights Benefits to Farmers, Kids, and Communities

Farmers in Minnesota, and across the country, are facing another year of global prices so low they don’t cover the cost of production. Increasingly, Minnesota farmers are turning to local markets and supply chains that offer more stable income, boost the local economy, and provide healthier food to our communities.