For Farmers: Connect to Chefs in Minnesota

Are you a farmer interested in selling your product into restaurants or other institutions in Minnesota? There are many who are interested in buying your product.

Please email us and tell us what you produce, where you are located, and a phone number where you can be reached. We will talk with you about your products and availability. We will then pass the information on the chefs!

There are many farmer specific resources created to let you know about marketing, production, post-harvest handling, labeling and other topics related to selling your products.

Some of our favorites include:

• Marketing Local Food: Indespensible publication of Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (2007)
  
• Directory of Organic Buyers: Recent publication of Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture that lists buyers of organic products in Minnesota (Heartland Food Network Coordinator Annalisa Hultberg co-authored the publication)
  
• Land Stewardship Project’s Farm Beginnings Program
  
• Minnesota Grown Program: Marketing and promotion group for direct market farmers
  
• Food Alliance Midwest
  
• Organic Ecology at the University of Minnesota
  
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
  
• MOSES
  

For more information, please contact:
Local Food Coordinator
heartlandfoodnetwork@mnproject.org