Best Practices

Nick Graham, Rural Grocery Store Owner, Iowa

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Best Practices in Providing Technical Assistance to Rural Grocery Stores

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Karen Shore, The Food Trust

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Building or Expanding with SBA Funding

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Wayne Bell, US Small Business Administration
Janelle Jones, US Small Business Administration

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Building Store Patronage by Strengthening Community Relationships

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Kolia Souza, Kansas State University
Rial Carver, Kansas State University

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Closing Session: Moving Forward with Funding

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David Procter, Kansas State University

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Cooperative Ownership as a Succession Strategy for Independent Grocers

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Stuart Reid, Food Co-op Initiative

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Cooperatives: The Business Model that Built Rural America and the Role They Play Today

Jason McKenney, North Dakota Farmers Union

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Creating Income and Value Using Local Products

Don Sorby, Maple Grove, Minnesota

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Creatively Branding Fruits and Vegetables to Encourage Healthy Eating

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Virginia Barnes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas

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Easier than you Think – Curbside Consult on the How-To of an Energy Audit and USDA Application

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David Carter, K-State Research and Extension
Yvonne Cook, K-State Research and Extension
Ryan Hamel, K-State Research and Extension

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Farm to Rural Grocery to Wholesale: Backhauling through Existing Infrastructure to Create Local Food Access

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Ren Olive, University of Minnesota Extension
Les Olsen, University of Minnesota Extension
Kathy Draeger, University of Minnesota Extension
Duke Harrison, University of Minnesota Extension
Hikaru Peterson, University of Minnesota Extension
Bonnie Carlson, University of Minnesota Extension

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Feed People, Not Landfills

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Barb Goode, Kansas State University

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Hometown Grocery Store: An Experiment in Rural Economics

Carly Whorton, Cecil K's Hometown Market
Chad Bontrager, Cecil K's Hometown Market

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How to Keep Your Business Open After a Disruption or Disaster

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Michael Aumack, Small Business Administration
Brian Dennis, Kansas Small Business Development Center

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Impact of Point of Sales Nutritional Labels on Food Purchase: Evidence from the Rural Midwest

Harshada Karnick, University of Minnesota

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Key Needs of Rural Grocery Owners and How Technical Assistance Can Best Help

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Debbie Bearden, Allen County Farm Bureau

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Mobile Grocery Stores for Rural Communities

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Becky Reid, Cowley First-Cowley County Economic Development
Kerri Falletti, Cowley First-Cowley County Economic Development
Kelly Hull, Cowley First-Cowley County Economic Development
Deb Firebaugh, Cowley First-Cowley County Economic Development

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Offering Technical Assistance through the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative

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Tina Khan, Kansas State University

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Panel: Grocery Operations: Dealing with Dollar General

Jenny Osner, Hired Man's Grocery and Grill, Inc.
Dale Franz, Dale's Supermarket
Doug Thompson, Chapman's Food Mart

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Panel: Leveraging Public and Private Resources for Rural Grocery Stores

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David Carter, Kansas State University
Virginia Barnes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
David Kramer, USDA Rural Development
Imagene Harris, NetWork Kansas

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Panel: Restoring Grocery Access: The Vinton, Ohio

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Caroline Harries, The Food Trust
Terri Fetherolf, Healthy Food for Ohio
Valerie Helby, Healthy Food for Ohio
David Procter, Kansas State University

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Panel: Stifling Efforts to Build Local Food Systems: How Preemption Can Impact Your Community’s Access to Healthy Food

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Mary Marrow, Public Health Law Center
Missty Lechner, American Heart Association
Natasha Frost, Public Health Law Center
Ashley Jones-Wisner, KC Healthy Kids

12:00 AM

Pilot Data From the Nebraska Double Up Food Bucks Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Incentive-based Program

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Morgan Hartline, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Re-Establishing Food Retail in St. John, Kansas

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Carolyn Dunn, St. John, Kansas
Jordan White, St. John, Kansas
Pat White, St. John, Kansas

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Retail Food Access in Rural Kansas: Two Models for Two Small Towns

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Ben Alexander, Thrive Allen County
David Tolland, Thrive Allen County
Debbie Bearden, Thrive Allen County
Tom Williams, Thrive Allen County

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Searching for Markets: The Geography of Supermarket Access in the United States

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Michael Norton, The Reinvestment Fund

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The Commercial Kitchen and its Many Uses

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Jeanne Roberts, Plains Community Foundation
Jonathan Elliot, Plains Community Foundation
Silvia Olvera, Plains Community Foundation

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The Honor Capital and Save-A-Lot Partnership

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Donna Leuchten Nuccio, The Reinvestment Fund
Marcus Scarborough, Honor Capital LLC
Tom Altadonna, Save-A-Lot

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The Seasonal and Simple App, Technical Resources for Assessing Healthy Food

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David Lott, Nebraska Extension
Cindy Brison, Nebraska Extension
Cindy DeBlauw, University of Missouri - Columbia

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What’s Distribution Got To Do With It?

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Elizabeth Burger, Sunflower Foundation

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