WANTED: Gardeners to Help Reduce Food Insecurity Across Iowa
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New program promotes healthier communities through food gardening, produce donation The Iowa Food Systems Council today announced the launch of Cultivate Iowa, an initiative promoting the benefits of food gardening and produce donation to create a sustainable future and healthier communities in Iowa. “This project aims to promote food security and improve the health of [...]
Donate Your New Pi Dividend Check to Local Foods Connection!
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Choose Local Foods Connection! We are asking all our friends and supporters to choose Local Foods Connection if you donate your New Pioneer Co-op dividend check to a nonprofit!! Every year since 2005, the New Pioneer Co-op has offered its members to sign over their dividend checks to Local Foods Connection. Dividend checks are issued [...]
Presentation for UI Global Health Club
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Laura Dowd, Founder and Executive Director of Local Foods Connection, gave a presentation for the University of Iowa Student Global Health Club. She discussed the ways in which our work relates to global health issues. The core of the presentation was an annotated bibliography she prepared about timely issues and good resources for studying them [...]
CSA Story in Little Village Magazine!
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Thanks to Little Village Magazine and reporter Dawn Frary for the terrific cover story on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the new March issue! Dawn quotes several farmers in the article and provides a good summary of many of the issues involving CSAs. The beautiful cover photograph is an image of produce grown by Hue [...]
Matthew 25 Ministry Hub is Hiring
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Matthew 25 is seeking an individual passionate about urban farming to run its Cultivate Hope Program, which includes a 2-acre urban farm education center, and three school gardens. The right person will be a hard worker with strong management skills and a desire to teach others about the value of local food. Interested candidates should [...]
2012 Local Foods Connection Client Statistics
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Here is a summary of the number of people we served last year. Families and Individuals Equivalent of 42* households enrolled 60: Household adults 60: Household children 24: Female-headed households 20: Households in which at least one member has a disability * When a family leaves the program, a new family is enrolled Agencies 11 [...]
Meet Salt Fork Farm and Buy Local this Winter!
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Over the past four years during the winter months, Salt Fork Farms has partnered with local businesses and the community to bring their goods for sale every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at our “Winter Market”. Deluxe Bakery, at 812 S. Summit St. in Iowa City has hosted this market for us for the [...]
Meet a Donor to Local Foods Connection
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Meet a Donor to Local Foods Connection Here is a sneak peek at Local Foods Connection 2012 Annual Report! This is a statement from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a business which provides financial and volunteer assistance to Local Foods Connection. “For the third year in a row, our employees have volunteered for harvest work on Susan Jutz’s [...]
Meet Family Farm
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Meet Family Farm! Here is a sneak peek at the 2013 Guide to CSAs that Serve Iowa City and Cedar Rapids! This is the entry for Family Farm. Family Farm CSA Pam Worden 4830 Morse Rd NE Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 936-1317 p.worden@speedconnect.com General Farm Info: This farm has been in my family for [...]
Iowa City’s Ninth Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair!
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Join Us for Iowa City’s Ninth Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair! Sunday, February 10th, 2013 1 pm to 4 pm Free and Open to the Public Iowa City Mercer Park Aquatic Center Proctor & Gamble Room 2701 Bradford Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Meet local farmers and learn how you can enjoy local fresh [...]