The Sustainable Woods Network is joint project of the Community Forestry Resource Center in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, MN, and the National Community Forestry Business Alliance of Portland, OR. The Network's purpose is to help speed advancement
of the quality and native diversity of our woodlands while strengthening
the rural economy.
If you are a consumer,
you can buy directly from rural families,
supporting their environmental stewardship. And if you are a landowner,
you can locate qualified service providers to learn more about how
to take care of your woodlands for the generations to come.
The start-up of this project is supported
through a grant from the US Department of
Agriculture and the
match contributions from the early participants. Key partners include: Kickapoo
Woods Cooperative, LaFarge, WI; Headwaters
Forestry Cooperative,
Long Prairie, MN; Prairie's Edge Sustainable
Forestry Cooperative,
Decoraha, IA; Northwest Natural Resource Group, Port Townsend, WA, Living Forest Cooperative, Ashland, WI; Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, South Deerfield, MA; Methow Forest Owners' Cooperative, Twisp, WA; and Cooperative Development Services, Madison, WI,
Principals involved with the website portal design and database development include: Gary Cox of Cox & Co., Black Earth, WI, Ryan Linford of Resolute Corp., Portland, OR, and Eric Magnuson of Magnunson Consulting, Seattle, WA.
We are gradually and steadily expanding the group, provider, artisan and sponsor participants. If interested in joining, start the process by applying via our online form.
Here are some of the benefits:
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For Artisans |
For Sponsors |
- Easy, quick updates of your web pages.
- Ongoing advanced market development & technology support.
- Consumer and landowner interest directed straight to you.
- An added benefit for your members or potential members.
- Access to others in the Network to learn and share ideas.
- Easy to keep track of your inventory, whether it is centrally located or spread among your members.
- A revenue source as a service to
members, providing e-mail accounts
or adding sponsor advertising support
of your work.
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- Easy, quick updates of your web pages.
- Ongoing advanced market development & technology support.
- Consumer and landowner interest directed straight to you.
- Access to low cost, useful web pages to support further communication about your business.
- Access to others in the Network to learn and share ideas.
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- Target consumers and landowners vitally interested in this expanding market segment.
- Easy, quick updates of your web pages.
- Ongoing advanced market development & technology support.
- If you don't have a website, access to low cost, useful web pages to support further communication about your business.
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For Landowner Service Providers |
- Easy, quick updates of your web pages.
- Ongoing advanced market development & technology support.
- Consumer and landowner interest directed straight to you.
- Access to low cost, useful web pages to support further communication about your business.
- Access to others in the Network to learn and share ideas.
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