RFCircle

Regional Flavor Circle in West Central Minnesota

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Vicki Chepulis is now a member of RFCircle
Welcome Them!
on Saturday
Cleone Stewart was featured
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on Friday
A discussion started by Deborah McLaren was featured
Healing With Educational Farm Tourism
Healing With Educational Farm Tourism People tend to shudder when the word “tourist” is used on the small island of St. Croix, although visitors are welcomed with open arms. In the Virgin Islands, the T-word is reserved for those herded off the h...
on Friday
Deborah McLaren added a discussion
Healing With Educational Farm Tourism
Healing With Educational Farm Tourism People tend to shudder when the word “tourist” is used on the small island of St. Croix, although visitors are welcomed with open arms. In the Virgin Islands, the T-word is reserved for those herded off the h...
on Friday
Deborah McLaren commented on Ryan Pesch's blog post 'Basic map of RFCircle Area'
Thanks Ryan! This will be helpful as we continue to do the outreach in the communities. I'm also adding an article about "Healing Farm Tourism" to the ning. Watch for it!
on Friday
Ryan Pesch added a blog post
I made up this map a while ago to show the extent of the RFCircle area we discussed at our meeting some time ago now. The listing of growers within this region is forthcoming. I found out another site (www.localfoods.umn.edu) will be creating an i...
on Friday
Katie Magozzi updated their profile
November 12
Deborah McLaren left a comment for Katie Magozzi
November 11
Katie Magozzi left a comment for Deborah McLaren
November 11
Deborah McLaren added a discussion
Regional Flavor in Greece!
A Taste of Crete's Culture, Nature and Cuisine Starts: Tuesday May 04, 2010, 08:00AM Ends: Thursday May 06, 2010, 05:00PM Event Type: Training/Seminar Location: Crete, Greece GR Price: from 780 Euros per person Website: http://www.cookingincrete....
November 11
Deborah McLaren left a comment for Katie Magozzi
November 11
Katie Magozzi is now a member of RFCircle
Welcome Them!
November 11
Deborah McLaren added a discussion
National Small Business Week 2010
November 2nd, 2009 National Small Business Week 2010. By Jovana in Business, Events, Finance, News, Small Biz Talk The greatest annual event for all American small business owners, entrepreneurs and advocates is National Small Business Week. Each...
November 3
A discussion started by Deborah McLaren was featured
NY Times article about popularity of bicyclists in rural areas during the fall
This is an inspiration for west central Minnesota! October 18, 2009 Pedal Peepers in Vermont By KATIE ZEZIMA IT took a few miles to work the kinks out of my legs and churn up the first hill, but the payoff was spectacular. Lake Champlain sparkle...
October 21
Deborah McLaren added a discussion
NY Times article about popularity of bicyclists in rural areas during the fall
This is an inspiration for west central Minnesota! October 18, 2009 Pedal Peepers in Vermont By KATIE ZEZIMA IT took a few miles to work the kinks out of my legs and churn up the first hill, but the payoff was spectacular. Lake Champlain sparkle...
October 21
Deborah McLaren left a comment for Adam Woltjer
October 13

Members

  • Becky Christensen
  • Kelly Blackledge
  • Adam Woltjer
  • Deborah McLaren
  • Jack Olson
  • Kathleen S. Coyle
  • Irene Louise Weis
  • Vicki Chepulis
  • Juanita Lindsay
  • Dean M. Johnson
  • Penny Aguirre
  • Cleone Stewart
  • Roger Kast
  • Deborah McLaren
  • Ryan Pesch
  • Katie Magozzi

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Deborah McLaren

Healing With Educational Farm Tourism

Healing With Educational Farm Tourism People tend to shudder when the word “tourist” is used on the small island of St. Croix, although visitors are welcomed with open arms. In the Virgin Islands,...

Tagged: Islands, Virgin, Sustainable, Institute, “Glocalization”

Started by Deborah McLaren in Announcements of Interest Nov 20.

Deborah McLaren

Regional Flavor in Greece!

A Taste of Crete's Culture, Nature and Cuisine Starts: Tuesday May 04, 2010, 08:00AM Ends: Thursday May 06, 2010, 05:00PM Event Type: Training/Seminar Location: Crete, Greece GR Price: from 780 Eu...

Started by Deborah McLaren in Announcements of Interest Nov 11.

Deborah McLaren

National Small Business Week 2010

November 2nd, 2009 National Small Business Week 2010. By Jovana in Business, Events, Finance, News, Small Biz Talk The greatest annual event for all American small business owners, entrepreneurs a...

Tagged: award, business, small, SBA, US

Started by Deborah McLaren in Microenterprise Nov 4.

Deborah McLaren

NY Times article about popularity of bicyclists in rural areas during the fall

This is an inspiration for west central Minnesota! October 18, 2009 Pedal Peepers in Vermont By KATIE ZEZIMA IT took a few miles to work the kinks out of my legs and churn up the first hill, but ...

Tagged: tour, packages, businesses, local, fall

Started by Deborah McLaren in Uncategorized Oct 22.

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Blog Posts

Ryan Pesch

Basic map of RFCircle Area

I made up this map a while ago to show the extent of the RFCircle area we discussed at our meeting. The listing of growers within this region is forthcoming. I found out another site (www.localfoods.umn.edu) will be creating an interactive map soon, so I decided just to let them do it.



The map is also at… Continue

Posted by Ryan Pesch on November 20, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Roger Kast

New York Times Magazine article relating to Regional Flavors

I just read an article in the Aug 30 New York Times Magazine about a family that took a new approach to working the family farm. I thought you would be interested in the story.

The headline was "Field Report: Family Heirlooms".

Roger Kast

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30food-t-000.html?scp=1&sq=Field%20Report:%20%20Family%20Heirlooms&st=cse

Posted by Roger Kast on October 5, 2009 at 6:48pm

Roger Kast

Art Leap in the Park Rapids Lakes Area

Art Leap was a very successful "open studio tour" last weekend, Sept 26 & 27.
Some of the Studios had a 50% increase in visitors this year.
One very interesting observation by an artist was: "It seemed that some of the visitors to the Studios just had it on their Summer Calendar of "Things to Do".
That's a good sign.
The Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council (PRLAAC) will be meeting next week to evaluate this year's event.

Posted by Roger Kast on September 30, 2009 at 7:41pm — 5 Comments

Deborah McLaren

Regional Flavor Circle Gathering Sep 10, 2009 at MapleLag Resort

The Sept 10th meeting was a great success in bringing together regional entreprenuers, economic development specialists, funders, and other regional resources (wildlife refuge, USDA, White Earth tribe, Explore MN Tourism, nonprofit organizations, business incubators, colleges, heritage and museum representatives and much more). June Holley, the founder of ACENet and Regional Flavor consultant, along with Natalie Woodroofe, the Regional Flavor Coordinator and two local organizers - Juanita Lindsa… Continue

Posted by Deborah McLaren on September 15, 2009 at 3:19pm

Regional microenterprise approach based on art, culture, food, heritage & tourism & circles Mahnomen, Itasca Park, Fergus Falls & Wadena

 
 

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