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New Local Food Fact Sheets from MISA and MFMA
Minnesota Ag Connection - 03/24/2017

The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Minnesota Farmers' Market Association announced a new Local Food Fact Sheet Series to support sales of food by farmers and others in local food systems. Find them online at www.misa.umn.edu/.

There are six fact sheets in the series. Four of them cover options for sale of products and regulations that apply to each option for red meat, poultry, eggs, and produce. A fifth fact sheet, "Aggregation of Farmers' Produce," deals with sale of produce from multiple farms. The sixth, "Approved Water Supply for Rural Food Businesses," provides information about options for food businesses that are not on a municipal water supply.

These new fact sheets complement a set of existing fact sheets offered by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), Minnesota Department of Health, and University of Minnesota Extension, which are also linked to the web page given above. The previous fact sheets are primarily for buyers of local food, and focus on local foods that are "approved source" for purchase by food businesses. The new fact sheet series is primarily for farmers and sellers of local food. These six new fact sheets provide a more comprehensive look at ways that locally grown foods can be sold, including sales to individual consumers. They have been reviewed for regulatory accuracy by

Creation of the new Local Food Fact Sheet series was achieved with the support and assistance of Minnesota's Local Food Advisory Committee (LFAC). The intent of this advisory committee is to provide a non-adversarial setting where issues relating to local food can be raised and discussed, information can be shared and problem-solving between Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Department of Health, and the local food community can take place.

Find more information about LFAC at https://www.misa.umn.edu/resources/local-food-advisory-committee

Questions about the fact sheets or LFAC? Please contact the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture: misamail@umn.edu, 612-625-8235, 800-909-6472.


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