by Teresa Wiemerslage, field specialist Farming requires a diverse set of skills. Farmers need to know about agronomy, food safety, business management, animal husbandry, conservation and more. What do they do when they want to learn a new set of skills? They attend a field day or visit another farm for new ideas. The Northeast … Continue reading Moving out of the comfort zone
We hope you’ll enjoy getting to know our awesome staff members a little bit better through this monthly spotlight Q & A! Please tell us your name and job title. Brian Tapp, Enterprise Development Team program manager. What gets you out of bed in the morning? Enjoy starting the day out with coffee and thinking … Continue reading Team member spotlight: Brian Tapp
by Connie Hardy, program coordinator FFED staff members Kendra Meyers, Emily Coll and I recently attended a workshop entitled “Guiding Farmers to Legal Resilience.” A Duluth-based organization called Farm Commons sponsored the workshop. Their mission is to help farmers understand the legal ins and outs of business structures, and matters involving land, liability and insurance … Continue reading Guiding farmers to legal resilience
by Teresa Wiemerslage, field specialist, and Emily Paull, administrative specialist October 11 marked Iowa’s second statewide Local Food Day. This year schools across the state served more than 20 different locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheese, yogurt, grains, eggs and beef, pork and turkey. Fifty school districts registered at IowaLocalFoodDay.org and committed to serving at … Continue reading Ames preschool celebrates Iowa Local Food Day