Institution Membership

IFM member institutions vary in size and include hospitals, universities, conference centers, hotels and restaurants, private corporations, retirement communities, k-12 schools, correctional facilities, and other large volume food service operations interested in sourcing local food. Membership will be accepted from institutions outside of Wisconsin.

Membership Form: Join Now and Help IFM Build the Local Foods Economy!

IFM Institution Member Benefits

MEMBERS ONLY! Discounted Registration Fees: IFM Institutional Members receives 50% discount all IFM meetings and programs in 2011.

Local Food Means Business – Wisconsin Local Food Expo: A dynamic buyer-seller networking day!

Local Food Sales Meeting: Institutions meet producers and distributors with local product, and discuss how to overcome barriers to local sourcing.

MEMBERS ONLY! One-on-one Technical Assistance: IFM individually meets with buyers to discuss how to start sourcing local or expand local sourcing efforts.

IFM Local Sourcing E-News: Promotes distributors with local product, local growers and WI food businesses selling wholesale to 400+ buyers.

IFM resources:

IFM Website
Local Sourcing 101 checklist – How to get started sourcing locally for your institution
Local foods cooking workshops
Why Local? Fact Sheet about the benefits of local sourcing

Learning about local: Leaders in local sourcing Scott Hoffland (UW-Milwaukee), Jamie Franke (Edgewood College), and Sue Liebenstein (St. Mary’s Hospital) fielded questions about how they source local at the IFM Annual Meeting 2010.

Buying local produce: Jim Meier, Kathleen Torbleau, and David Maki, from Metcalfe’s Market, buy Wisconsin produce on the IFM field trip to the Tri-County Produce Auction in 2010.