Our spotlight this month is on Steven Eilers, Urban Agriculture Specialist with Black Hawk County Extension. What do you do as a local food coordinator? In my job as urban ag specialist, I get the privilege of working with many local producers. We are very lucky to have people who raise and produce everything from … Continue reading Spotlight on Steven Eilers, Black Hawk County Extension
by Dawn Henderson, horticulture program coordinator January marks my seventh month on the job as the horticulture program coordinator for Sioux, O’Brien, Lyon, Sioux, and Osceola counties (marketed jointly as Flavors of Northwest Iowa). I joined ISU Extension and Outreach after completing a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Iowa State this past May. Extension and … Continue reading Spotlight on Dawn Henderson, Flavors of Northwest Iowa
by Bre Miller, program coordinator Last fall, our Community Food Systems team hosted four Local Food Leader (LFL) workshops in Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Oregon. These locations were selected as national hubs, providing access to this in-person workshop in the central, western, and eastern areas of the US. Local Food Leader is an individual skill … Continue reading Supporting food systems leaders around the US
The first-ever Iowa Specialty Producers Conference took place Thursday and Friday, January 23-24, 2020, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. The event was a joint gathering of the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (IFVGA) and the Iowa Wine Growers Association (IWGA). The conference featured keynote speaker John Stanley, an internationally known retail consultant, … Continue reading Iowa Specialty Producers Conference is January 23-24 in Ankeny