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White House Releases Report on Rural Economy

The White House's Council of Economic Advisers recently issued a report titled Strengthening the Rural Economy.

The report surveys the current state of rural America and describes the Obama administration’s policies for strengthening the rural economy. It concludes by noting that American agricultural productivity is among the very highest in the world.

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Kitchen Incubators

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Establishing a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen, NxLevel program (Select Products then Commercial Kitchen) - This CD-ROM details the planning, design and budgetary considerations for developing an FDA-approved, multi-tenant commercial kitchen. It can be ordered from the Web site.
Establishing a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen Incubator: Feasibility Study, Boise State University/Idaho Business and Economic Development Center, 2005 - This study, conducted for the Clallam County Economic Development Council, includes market research, budget, layouts and management plan.
Kitchen Incubators and Other Food-Related Small Businesses, Iowa State University - This site includes Iowa food sales laws, start-up business plans, food safety information and information on small business contacts.
Kitchen Incubators for Commercial Cooks, Business Week.
Kitchen Incubator Program, Mesa County, Colorado, Incubator Center Guidelines.
La Cocina, San Francisco, California - Located in San Francisco’s Mission District, La Cocina was founded in 2004 to provide approved commercial kitchen space and assistance to food entrepreneurs, many of them low-income and all of them women, helping them start new businesses or grow their home-based businesses into stable ventures.
La Plata County Food Ventures Needs Survey - This is a needs survey that was put together to explore the need for a community kitchen incubator.
National Center for Home Food Preservation, This lists processed food business resources.
The Starting Block, Hart, Michigan.

Links checked February 2010.

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