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The Wisconsin Restaurant Association (WRA) was incorporated
as a not-for-profit trade association in 1933. WRA is made up of approximately
3,000 diverse food service businesses representing over 7,000 locations
throughout Wisconsin. By uniting in an association, members have access to
information and services to help them better run their businesses. A strong
membership gives WRA a more powerful voice in pursuing its mission to protect,
promote and improve the restaurant industry.
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Madison Originals is a non-profit association of local, independently owned
restaurants dedicated to preserving the area’s unique local flavor. Their
mission is to call attention to the concept of eating locally through collective
marketing efforts, special events and sponsorship of charitable causes. |
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Slow
Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that
was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance
of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the
food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices
affect the rest of the world. |
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Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the
leading business association for the restaurant industry. Together with the
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Association's
mission is to represent, educate and promote a rapidly growing industry that is
comprised of 935,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets employing 12.8 million
people.
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The Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit business organization
dedicated to uniting and engaging its members to ensure the ongoing prosperity
of our community as a whole. They strive to be a catalyst for growth and a
unified voice advocating on behalf of their member companies.
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Dane Buy Local is an organization of locally and independently owned business.
Buying locally helps nourish and sustain our local economy.
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The overall goal of Buy Fresh Buy Local Southern Wisconsin is to develop the
market for local and sustainable agricultural products. We are doing this in
three ways:
- Fostering relationships between food service operations and agricultural
producers.
- Providing a
branding tool for locally grown products.
- Educating consumers about the
value of locally grown products.
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