Congratulations Terra Madre Delegates!

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Local Foods is pleased to announce that early this month two of of our nominees, Bethany Bender, Local Foods VISTA, and Jason Grimm, Food System Planner for the Amana Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development, were accepted as delegates to this October’s fourth annual Terra Madre Conference in Torino, Italy! You can help send these [...]

Paying Our Farmers

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Local Foods Connection Pays Its Farmers!
Every year, LFC decides how many CSA shares it will purchase from the farms serving Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. The number of shares we purchase depends on our fundraising success throughout the past 6-7 months. This year, we are purchasing shares from:
Iowa City:

Echollective Farm
Gooseberry Hill Farm
Grinnell [...]

2010 Guide to CSAs That Serve Iowa City

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Carrots from Scattergood Friends School Farm
Photo (c) 2009 L Dowd
The Adobe version of this document is here:
2010 Guide to CSAs That Serve Iowa City
Farms are listed in CSA name alphabetical order. No endorsement is being made for any individual farm. We apologize for any mistakes. Prepared as a community service by Local Foods Connection.
Abbe Hills [...]

Happy New Year!

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Butternut squash from Local Harvest CSA. Scarf from “Bloomin’ Prairie Bison” and hats from “Sage House Studio”: all purchased at Iowa City Holiday Farmers Market.
Here is a testimonial from one of 2009 clients. A wonderful message to welcome in the New Year!
“As the year draws to an end, we at our Group House are very [...]

A unique way to get local food into schools

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Ag Diversification and Market Development Bureau
“Wrap Your Own-Iowa Grown” Initiative

This is your chance to wrap up something great from our state! “Wrap Your Own-Iowa Grown” is a new initiative of the Iowa Farm to School Program that will start this fall. This initiative is a great opportunity for schools, students, teachers, parents, and the communities [...]

Community Food Security Coalition Conference

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Register now for the nation’s largest food security conference, being held in Des Moines this October 10-13, 2009. Learn more at:
From Commodity to Community: Food Politics and Projects in the Heartland
Join us for the nation’s primary food systems networking and educational event in Des Moines for four days of inspiring presentations, scintillating workshops, fantastic networking [...]