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Project 1 – Farm to Table Dinners
held in restaurants already working with local farmers
4 course prix fixe, plus drinks
each course based on one local farm/food
farmer/food producer speaks before each course
Project 2 - Website
Model –
http://food-hub.org/
Connect buyers and sellers of local food
10, 25, 50, 100 mile radius of Omaha
Dashboard/homepage for each member
Email with PO and invoice creation capability
Search functions
Message boards
Project 3 – Farmer/Chef Conference
Model –
http://www.ecotrust.org/foodfarms/farmerchef.html
November or January
Booths for farms, food producers, restaurants and chefs
Meet & greet time
Break out sessions
Speakers
Local food meal
Classifieds board
Designated areas for different products
Awards in future
Project 4 – Order & Delivery Coordination Service
Weekly email, fax, phone availability lists from growers
Distributed to chefs
Orders taken from chefs and relayed to farms and food producers
Orders picked up at a farmer’s market and delivered to restaurant
Expand to more than weekly delivery and pick up at farms
Expand to other institutions
Could tie into website above
Project 5 – Local Food store front
Distribution center for farms, food producers, Nebraska Food Coop, CSAs
Retail sales
Wholesale/bulk sales/order pick up
Commercial kitchen for garden processing, food preserving, cooking classes
Education tie in to youth gardens
Films, speakers, events
Neighborhood bike delivery
Seed sales, swap
Garden and permaculture education and consultation
Snack bar/cafe with daily menu
Project 6 – Local Sustainable Café
Daily menu
Local sourcing
Organic and sustainable focus
Certified organic kitchen
Could be expansion of above cafe
Project 7 – Wild Foraging & gleaning
Project 8 – Local food dinners in schools, parks, senior centers, etc.
Project 9 – Model -
Full Moon Feasts
as a basis for local food dinners