Local Foods History

2004: Year Six

• Organizational name change to Local Foods Connection.
  
  
• Hired Iowa State University Life in Iowa program intern for 10 weeks over summer.
  • won $2,500 grant from ISU Life in Iowa program to cover intern costs
  • won $2,000 grant from Leopold Center to cover intern costs
    
    
• Volunteers recruited from UI Community Service Fair and 10,000 Hours Show learn about farming and earn Local Foods Connection $500 credit toward purchase of vegetable shares.
  
  
• New CSA farm, Choice Earth CSA, joins Local Foods Connection program.
  
  
• Local Foods Connection expands to Fairfield, Iowa.
  
  
• Two raffles held.
  • Raffle for 20 weeks of Simone's Plain & Simple Bread & Egg share.
  • Raffle for 20 weeks of Choice Earth CSA vegetable share.
    
    
• Each enrolled family received copy of the cookbook: Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm Fresh, Seasonal Produce.
  
  
• Food Facts Sheet created for each week of vegetable delivery.
  
  
• Enrolled Eighteen Families in Program.
  
  
  • Renewals from Previous Years
    
    
    1. Family of four: enrolled 2003. Mother with three children - half vegetable share donated.
       
       
    2. Family of seven: enrolled 2003. Two adults, five children, and one baby! - full vegetable share and regular bread & egg share donated.
       
       
    3. Family of six: enrolled 2002 and 2003. Mother with five children - full vegetable share donated. (family paying for half of the share.)
       
       
  • New Families
    
    
    4. Family of four: Mother with three children - full vegetable share donated.
       
       
    5. Family of five: Two adults and three children - full vegetable share and regular bread & egg share donated.
       
       
    6. Family of four: Two adults and two children - full vegetable share donated.
       
       
    7. Family of three: Mother with two children - full vegetable share donated.
       
       
    8. Family of three: Mother with two children - half vegetable share donated.
       
       
    9. Family of five: Mother with four children - full vegetable share donated.
       
       
    10. Family of two: Two adults - half vegetable share donated.
        
        
    11. Family of five: Mother with four children - full vegetable share donated.
        
        
    12. Family of two: Two adults - half vegetable share donated.
        
        
    13. Family of five: Two adults and three children - full vegetable share and regular bread & egg share donated.
        
        
    14. Family of three: Mother with two children - full vegetable share donated.
        
        
    15. Family information not available for posting at this time. - full vegetable share donated.
        
        
    16. Transitional Living Project at United Action for Youth: Young adults ages 16 to 21, pregnant or parenting young children - full vegetable share and large bread & egg share donated.
        
        
    17. Single Mother's Group at WRAC (Women's Resource and Action Center): Three single mothers - full vegetable share donated.
        
        
    18. Fairfield Family: family information not available for posting at this time. - full vegetable share donated.

Farms: vegetable shares from Local Harvest CSA, Gooseberry Hill Farm and Choice Earth CSA; bread & egg shares from Local Harvest CSA