All About CVG
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| If you are a consumer, choosing to purchase from Cannon Valley Grown members is an important way to support your local economy, ecology and culture. Your purchases contribute to your community, your health and the health of the environment. Getting involved with your local farmers, makers and producers is the best way for you to contribute to a better future. One where values are restored and people and planet thrive. If you make small weekly purchases from our local producer members, your money and support can go a long way toward creating a hopeful future.
If you are a food or fiber producer, consider joining our collaboration! Many people don’t have the same awareness about local food and goods that we did before modern agriculture and industrial times. Today we have the opportunity to relearn the possibility of local economies through the interconnectedness of modern marketing tools. Cannon Valley Grown is here to make that connection! We tell the stories of delicious food and drinks, exceptional products, and the dedicated people who make them here in the Cannon River Watershed. |
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| Become a Member ….. Founding Principles and Practices….. Initial Sponsors | |
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- If you are not currently a member of the Cannon River chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association, please join or renew here (be sure to select the Cannon River Chapter checkbox before submitting the form).
- Fill out the CVG Participation Questionnaire – https://forms.gle/rDftpthXe2wLpqft7. We’ll use the information you give us about your business to create your producer page on this website.
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Please email cannonvalleygrown@gmail.com with any questions.
We are members of the Cannon River Sustainable Farming Association Chapter:
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Founding Principles and Practices. The Cannon Valley Grown initiative was established to promote local businesses sharing similar values:
1. Raising/creating products and managing operations from a perspective of stewardship, sustainability and minimization of environmental harm; working to improve the health of biological ecosystems affecting and affected by operations.
2. Producing the majority of products within the Cannon River Watershed, and sourcing the majority of farm/product inputs/ingredients within the Watershed and/or regionally whenever feasible. [The term “majority” may have different meanings depending on the context and individual circumstances.]
3. Treating livestock, if any, humanely, offering quality care and ample living space according to their needs.
4. Balancing profits from operations with fair wages and a safe and healthy work environment.
5. Respecting all people who come into contact with operations, regardless of cultural background, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, or abilities.
6. Working to strengthen the Foodshed through collaboration, knowledge seeking and sharing, and communication with other CVG participants and members of the larger community, as appropriate.
7. Maintaining openness and transparency in marketing to the public and in advancement of these Principles and Practices.
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Initial support for Cannon Valley Grown brought to you by….
We work hard to bring consumers together with local farmers, makers, and producers to create a healthy future. If you would like to help us to continue to promote producers in the Cannon Valley region that are practicing sustainably and support a local economy contact:
