CENTRAL ILLINOIS LOCAL FOOD INNOVATION CENTERHOW A COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD SYSTEM BUILDS THE LOCAL ECONOMYA place to process local foods

Services include washing, grading, slicing, bagging and/or storing produce

Value-added processing (e.g. jams, salsas, pestos, baked goods)

Other services may include product aggregation, brokering, marketing and

distribution; inventory storage & management, entrepreneurial

education, training, and support

We have the consumersISU Dining Services is committed to buying local foods starting in 2012.

More and more individuals, businesses, and institutions are asking

for local foods.

We have the consumersISU Dining Services is committed to buying local foods starting in 2012.

More and more individuals, businesses, and institutions are asking

for local foods.

We have the farmers4,719 farms of less than $100,000 annual

sales in the 9 central IL counties we targeted

We have the farmers4,719 farms of less than $100,000 annual

sales in the 9 central IL counties we targeted

Money spent on local food recycles through our economy an average of 7x

$1 spent on non-Illinois food returns only 20 cents to the local economy

$1 spent on locally produced food returns $1.34 to the local economy

Buying just 15% of food from regional farmers produces $100 million in new farm income

Money spent on local food recycles through our economy an average of 7x

$1 spent on non-Illinois food returns only 20 cents to the local economy

$1 spent on locally produced food returns $1.34 to the local economy

Buying just 15% of food from regional farmers produces $100 million in new farm income

We have a significant opportunity95% of the food eaten in Illinois is imported from

outside our borders Most of the $48 billion we spend annually for

food leaves the Illinois economy

We have a significant opportunity95% of the food eaten in Illinois is imported from

outside our borders Most of the $48 billion we spend annually for

food leaves the Illinois economy

We have the capacity to do moreIllinois has the capacity to produce 44% of

the food consumed within the stateProducing at this capacity would keep an

additional $19 billion per year in the Illinois economy

We have the capacity to do moreIllinois has the capacity to produce 44% of

the food consumed within the stateProducing at this capacity would keep an

additional $19 billion per year in the Illinois economy

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We’re in the right place at the right time!McLean County is centrally located at the confluence of three major interstates with

easy access to Chicago, where the interest in locally produced foods is at an all-time high

We’re in the right place at the right time!McLean County is centrally located at the confluence of three major interstates with

easy access to Chicago, where the interest in locally produced foods is at an all-time high

Why is it important?Why is it

important?

Why now?Why now?

Why here?Why here?