Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative
NE IA Food & Fitness Vision:
Northeast Iowa is a unique place where all residents and guests experience, celebrate and promote healthy locally grown food with abundant opportunities for physical activity and play EVERY DAY. Healthier people make stronger families and vibrant communities.
WKKF Vision:
To create vibrant communities in which families and children eat healthy, locally grown food purchased in their neighborhoods; engage in physical activity and play with the confidence that they are safe; and live in an environment that supports family and community health, particularly in low income, minority communities.
Links:
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July 2009 County Meetings
Agenda
Video: Michelle Obama: Harvesting the White House Garden
Regional Team Summary
May/June Workgroup Report
FFI Policy Targets & Indicators
FFI Policy & System Change, April 2009
Organizational Structure Draft #4
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June 2009 County Meetings
County teams toured farms and fitness facilities in their counties. Check out our Flickr page for photos or find us on Facebook -- search for Iowa Food & Fitness.
No County Meetings in May 2009
April 2009 County Meetings
Agenda
Regional Team Summary
Organizational Structure Draft #2
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April 15, Allamakee
April 16, Fayette
March 2009 County Meetings
Agenda
Regional Team Summary
Policy Targets for RFAs
Mar 11, Howard
Mar 12, Clayton
Mar 17, Allamakee
Mar 18, Winneshiek
Mar 19, Fayette
February 2009 County Meetings
Request for Activities
Handouts:
Agenda
Regional Team Summary
RFA (Request for Activities) (pdf)
Cover Sheet and Budget Template (doc)
Fiscal Sponsorship Form for Non-501c3 agencies
Frequently Asked Questions about the RFA process
Timeline for FFI -- April-Aug 2009
Scoring Sheet
Feb 12, Clayton
Feb 18, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee
Feb 19, Fayette
Feb 25, Regional Team
January 2009 County Meetings
Rising Energy and Food Prices: Effects on Families
Handouts:
Agenda
Regional Team Summary
Presentation slides
White Paper on Rising Energy and Food Prices
Starting a Community Garden
Additional Resources on Food for Low-Income Families
Optional: Factors that Determine the Cost of Food: Presentation slides and White Paper
Jan 15, Fayette
Jan 21, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee
Jan 22, Clayton
Jan 28, Regional Team
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November 2008 County Meetings
Community Action Plan: Reviewing the Draft Tactics
Handouts:
Participant Agenda
Regional Team Summary
NE IA FFI Draft Strategies and Tactics
Live Healthy Iowa flyer
Nov 13, Clayton
Nov 19, Howard and Winneshiek
Nov 20, Allamakee, Fayette
Dec 3, Regional Team
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For more information about the Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative, contact:
Brenda Ranum at ranum@iastate.edu
Ann Mansfield at mansan01@luther.edu
The NE IA Food & Fitness Grant is administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.
Teresa Wiemerslage
8/14/2007