Slow Food Madison
This local group works to bring together people interested in experiencing, celebrating, and preserving our food traditions.
West Side Community Market
Farmer’s market on Madison’s west side. Website includes a very practical list of seasonal local foods.
Institutional Food Market Coalition
Connects large volume institutional buyers in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors with local Wisconsin produce auctions and growers.
Family Farm Defenders
The organization works to create a farmer-controlled and consumer-oriented food and fiber system, based upon democratically controlled institutions that empower farmers to speak for and respect themselves in their quest for social and economic justice.
Dane County UW Extension
Dane County UW Extension works to help build a diverse and inclusive community food system that is economically viable, environmentally sound and socially just for all Dane County residents.
Dane County Buy Local
Network and listing of locally- and independently-owned businesses in Dane County.
Community Groundworks
A local group working to regenerate urban areas, cultivate a diverse learning community, and foster healthy communities (formerly Troy Gardens).
Sauk County Food Security Coalition
The Sauk County Food Security Coalition was formed early in 2005 with a mission to link the efforts and resources of diverse organizations to create a local, sustainable food system to ensure healthy, adequate and appropriate food for all people.
Contact: Jay Salinas
wormfarm@jvlnet.com
608-524-8672
REAP Food Group
Research, Education, Action and Policy on Food Group is a non-profit organization located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southern WI
REAP’s farm to restaurant program connects local farmers with restaurants, health care providers, grocery stores, and other food buyers through consulting, resources and events.
Madison Area CSA Coaltion
We are a coalition of people invested in the vitality and strength of our community. Through education, outreach, community building and resource sharing, we are working to raise the bar on quality and accessibility of CSA shares in our region.
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc.
Community Garden Partnership provides opportunities for diverse groups to share their experiences and knowledge with other gardeners at a variety of community locations while also promoting such things as self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship, creation of healthy civic spaces and donating to food banks.
Dane County Farmers Market
The largest producer-only farmers’ market in the country. All items are produced locally by the vendor behind the table.
Hilldale Farmers Market
Contact information: 608-209-7130, hilldalemkt@hotmail.com
Mineral Point Farmers Market
For information on vending at the Mineral Point Market, please contact:
Jenny Bonde, starfarm@mhtc.net, 608.967.2319 or
Lois Federman, federman@charter.net, 608.987.2097
Crawford Local Food Alliance
This is a discussion area for a group of consumers and food producers local to the Driftless Region of southwest Wisconsin and surrounding states.
Dane County Food Council
DCFC is a dynamic citizen committee of the Dane county board that explores issues and develops recommendations to create an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable local food system for the Dane county region.
Valley Stewardship Network’s Food and Farm Initiative
The Valley Stewardship Network (VSN) is a locally based, funded, and managed non-profit organization comprising neighbors and friends of the Kickapoo Valley. Our primary goal is to promote a balance between a healthy environment and strong communities.
Growers Produce Auction
S347 Dell Road
Cashton, WI 54619
(608)654-7880
Fennimore Produce Auction
Highway T, Fennimore, WI, Grant County
(608)386-6058
Wisconsin Home Harvest
Based in Sauk County, Wisconsin Home Harvest is a farmers network that coordinates marketing and distribution of agricultural products from transitional and organic farms. Currently, nine farmers supply produce, mushrooms, meat, cheese, eggs and apples to area restaurants, stores, farmers markets and distributors.
Contact: Jay Salinas
wormfarm@jvlnet.com
608-524-8672
Columbia County Local Foods Collaborative
Promoting locally grown food. Contact Kathleen Haas with Columbia County Extension at kathleen.haas@ces.uwex.edu or (608)742-9683
CIAS
A sustainable agriculture research center at UW-Madison
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
A non-profit organization with the mission to cultivate the ecological, social, economic, and spiritual vitality of food and farming systems through education, research, policy and market development.
Farley Center
The Linda & Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability is located outside of Verona Wisconsin on 43 acres of beautiful farm and wooded land. It was established to promote ecological sustainability, social justice and peace. Welcome! We invite you to learn more about our programs and to join us in making this a world where peace, justice and sustainability become the soil in which our future can grow.
THRIVE
Thrive is the economic development partnership for the eight-county Madison Region with a vision to create a dynamic environment where people and businesses prosper.
Churches Center for Land and People
The Churches’ Center for Land and People is an ecumenical organization that brings together churches, groups and individuals to strengthen rural life and the ministries of faith communities in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. The Center works to integrate earth stewardship, economic justice, community and spirituality around issues related to agriculture and food.
Tom Nelson
608-821-3104
tnelson@ccmadison.org
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