A Sort of Edible Treasure Map

A partnership of awesome local food policy/ag related organizations:
The University of Minnesota’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Land Stewardship Project, and the Minnesota Project
are coming together to create totally new concept: “Mapping Minnesota’s Local Foods Infrastructure.”

Using GIS, a graduate student will create "an interactive map of Minnesota’s local foods infrastructure. Maps will include entities such as: fruit, vegetable, dairy, meat, poultry farmers, artisan food producers, as well as restaurants, retailers, hospitals, schools, food distributors, and processors that sell local foods."

I'm excited to see what this will look like-- and will people use it? Their aim is that "This project responds to the expressed need for baseline data on existing local foods infrastructure by local, regional, and state policy makers, economic development agencies, and planners. Researchers and non-profits can use the maps to guide further initiatives and projects in areas such as food distribution and processing, and to address inequities in healthy food availability. Farmers, restaurants, retailers, distributors, and processors will have a tool to determine potential local food supply or demand in an area." That would be awesome to see happen.