GIM News Spring 2013

Table of Contents

• GROWN LOCAL campaign launched and gaining momentum
• The next generation: already agriculture champions
• Fibershed on a mission to map California’s fiber supply and demand
• Around Marin County
• Notes from the editor
• Partners Forum

Partners Forum

• Ag Commissioner
• Agricultural Institute of Marin
• Farm Bureau
• MALT
• Marin Organic
• Marin Resource Conservation District
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• University of California Cooperative Extension

GROWN LOCAL campaign launched

and gaining momentum

Large yellow GROWN LOCAL Marin County signs are popping up at local farmers markets, calling to consumers on a mission to buy local food. These bright signs are part of a new united marketing campaign that helps consumers and community members clearly identify food producers who are working hard to grow and raise fresh, healthy food right here in Marin.  GROWN LOCAL producers sell at local farmers markets and throughout the county.  You can find a list of local producers and more information at www.buylocalmarin.org.

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