Community Food Systems
The Community Food System Program promotes thriving, just and resilient place-based food systems. We support community organizations, Tribal partners, local governments, small-scale farms and food businesses, and community gardens.
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2025 FEED Summit
October 27 – 28th, 2025
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The only statewide conference in Wisconsin for early-stage Food and Farming Businesses, the FEED Summit offers business workshops, networking sessions, and resources for entrepreneurs in the early stages of their journey, with topics such as Understanding Food Safety & Licensing in Wisconsin and Communicating your Unique Value.
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The UW-Madison Extension Community Food Systems Program will provide no-cost virtual workshops for small-scale food and farming business start-ups.
FEED Summit Engages Food & Farming Entrepreneurs
The annual FEED Summit helps engage food and farming entrepreneurs in learning about business fundamentals, connecting with business experts and other entrepreneurs, and marketing their business products and services. Learn Business Fundamentals To engage food and farming entrepreneurs in learning about business fundamentals, the FEED Initiative uses the business model canvas as the organizing framework […]
