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Links to pdf files of the workshop's three PowerPoint presentations are provided below each slide image.

Highlights of a talk by Ben Ratto, Bay Area Growers' Collaborative Distribution Manager, included:

• Exciting ideas for using existing transportation resources (including Cisco);
• Moves toward aggregating farm products to make distribution more efficient; and
• Increased value and marketability by farmers branding their own products.

Highlights of other presentations included:

• The beginning of a list (see October News Note) of potential crops, value added products and equipment needs as part of Hardesty's talk.
• Ways that partnerships contribute critical Farm to School resources (food service cooking classes,  updated menus, and student outreach).
• LAVA's food processing tutorial and vision for local value added projects.

Additional information and photos are posted in the October News Note.

The workshop was sponsored by a grant to Lake County Public Health from the California Department of Food & Agriculture, UCCE Extension, and the Health Leadership Network.