Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

HomeGrown Wisconsin

Tags: Agriculture, Feasibility and Pre-Feasibility Studies, Natural Resource Based Economic Development

Client Name: University of Wisconsin, HomeGrown Wisconsin

Client Type: Education/Research Institution

Year: 2004

Location: Wisconsin

Worked with HomeGrown Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives and other participants to study the feasibility of an agriculture/food facility for downtown Madison that would include an indoor farmers’ market, a storage, processing, and distribution facility, and office space for agriculture groups. Focus includes retail and institutional markets.