Thanks so much for your interest in Rural Roots' Inland Northwest Buy Fresh Buy Local products!!  The Inland Northwest Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign is a regional campaign, run in cooperation with the national efforts sponsored by FoodRoutes Network.  The labels, stickers, and posters included in our web pages showcasing promotional materials and bumper stickers and other promotional materials such as bookmarks and postcards can be used to help you raise the visibility and establish a broader community around local, sustainably produced food and farm products.  By labeling your products, you can make it easier for consumers to find local food, increase sales, and help to bridge the gaps between local producers and eaters by educating community members about the benefits of supporting and purchasing sustainably produced Inland Northwest food and farm products.

    Campaign partners need to be members of Rural Roots to participate and order the labeling.  Rural Roots membership has its own, unique benefits.  With membership, a farm or business gets free space for a listing in Fresh From the Field: Rural Roots' Guide to Sustainably Produced Local Food, as well as a subscription to our newsletter, Bringing Home the Harvest.  The newsletter comes out three times a year and features articles on local farming activities, as well as resources and an event calendar.  In addition to the Fresh from the Field ad and newsletter, Rural Roots members also get discounts on Rural Roots conferences and workshops!

      Becoming a campaign partner is easy! Just download and print out a Rural Roots Membership Form and a Campaign Agreement for your business/farm, your restaurant/retail outlet, or your farmers' market.  Now you are ready to fill them out and send in both forms, along with an order form for the campaign materials to help you get started, and the membership fee and money for materials.  

      Thanks again for your interest and for all your hard work to support our local food system!  If you have any questions, please Email me or call our office at (208)883-3462.  You can also contact current campaign partners to ask them about how the Buy Fresh Buy Local labels are working for them.

Sincerely,

Sara Foster

Rural Roots Program Coordinator