Thank You Note from Sackter House
Iowa Hunger Summit on October 11, 2011
Head Start of Iowa City GardeningProfessional Translators Needed
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Dear LFC Friends and Volunteers, We need the help of fluent and professional translators! We have translated the names of 33 produce items into Spanish and Arabic. We need a professional translator to proof our translations. In addition, the translators must be able to provide us general feedback on the use of dialects from different [...]
Children’s Environmental Action Group
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The Children’s Environmental Action Group is a new initiative being led by Kamyar Enshayan and the Center for Energy and Environmental Education at UNI.The initiative will focus on children’s environmental health issues, especially reducing the unnecessary use of chemical on residential, school and park lawns in Iowa. On December 5 at UNI, there will be [...]
Food Safety Modernization Act Webinar
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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law on January 4, 2011 by President Obama. This new set of regulations is the first of its kind since 1938 and will have far-reaching impacts among food manufacturers in the U.S. The FSMA will increase the requirements for FDA inspected farmers and food manufacturers that [...]
Time to Share, Iowa!
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Just a reminder that it is the time of year when Iowa Shares puts on its pledge campaign in workplaces around central and eastern Iowa. We are promoting this years Iowa One Gift Campaign. The One Gift Program is an opportunity for State of Iowa employees to contribute to participating charitable agencies through [...]
Vote for LFC!
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LFC family and friends, it’s time for Edible Communities 6th Annual Local Hero Awards. Click on the link below by December 16 to vote for LFC as your local hero in the non-profit category. You can also tell Edible who your favorite farmer, chef, food and beverage artisan, and food shop is. Just visit this [...]
Holiday and Winter Farmers Market
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Come to the Iowa City Holiday Farmers Market on Saturday November 12 and Saturday December 10. Markets will be held at both the Rec Center and Grant Wood Elementary due to the overwhelming success of the test run last year. There will be local produce, crafts and baked goods. What better place to pick up [...]
Congratulations Terra, HACAP’s Employee of the Year
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Local Foods Connection feels honored to work with HACAP and their Head Start preschool program. In 2009 HACAP started a new tradition of annually recognizing an employee that exemplifies the agency goals of being responsive to community needs, growing as an agency and community leader, fostering creativity in themselves and others, and making HACAP the [...]
2011 Iowa Shares Campaign has Begun!
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Local Foods Connection is a member of an organization called Iowa Shares. Iowa Shares is a statewide federation of nonprofits that has been raising funds for its members through workplace giving campaigns since 1993. The 24 member organizations work for positive and lasting change by attacking the root causes of social problems facing Iowans. These [...]
Frances Moore Lappe in Iowa City
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Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and 18 other books, is coming to Iowa this November! She will present a lecture entitled, Sustainable Foods and Climate Change: Fixing a Broken System on Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 PM at the Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge, Iowa City. The lecture is being hosted [...]
Why do you shop at the Iowa City Farmers Market?
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Local Foods Connection hosted an event at the downtown Iowa City Farmers Market on Saturday October 1. We set-up a booth and asked people why they shopped at the farmers market. People wrote down their answers and some even posed for photographs! Here are the responses we received: -Because I like the fresh food and [...]