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Food Hubs and Alternative Markets Webinar
April 23, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
We hope you will join us this Thursday (April 23rd) for our next Gaining Ground webinar, Food Hubs and Alternative Markets at 11:00 am CST presented by Anthony Flaccavento. Anthony is the author of Building a Healthy Economy from the Ground Up: Harnessing Real World Experience for Transformative Change. Flaccavento is an economic development consultant and organic farmer from Abingdon, in the heart of Appalachia. His consulting business, SCALE, Inc, works with communities around the world to help build more locally-rooted, sustainable economies and healthier food systems.This webinar is geared towards agriculture educators, Ag professionals and Extension agents and staff.
During this FREE live webinar, Anthony will review:
- What is a food hub
- Pros/Cons and tradeoffs of food hubs
- Value of joining a food hub
- Other alternative markets
- Resources
- This webinar is geared towards agriculture educators, Ag professionals and Extension agents and staff.
- Food Hubs and Alternative Markets is part of a series of webinars entitled Gaining Ground. A project of Kansas State University’s M.S. in Horticulture with an Emphasis in Urban Food Systems program. This degree program focuses on how the urban food system impacts economic development and provides a source of nutritious, safe food grown locally/regionally. Each webinar is delivered by experts from the urban core such as urban farmers, nonprofit educators, food policy advocates and government workers. Please note that his webinar will be 1 hour long. All webinars are hosted through Zoom. Participants in this webinar will be able to ask questions live so be sure to have your questions ready.
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Gaining Ground Webinar Series is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number2019-38640-29879 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number ENC19-181 Capacity Building in Urban Food Systems in the North Central Region. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.