Our spotlight this month is on Kelli Anders, local food coordinator with Wapello County Extension and Outreach in Ottumwa. What do you do as a local food coordinator? As a new member to the staff, I am always learning something new about my position every day. So far since the end of April when I … Continue reading Spotlight on Kelli Anders, Wapello County LFC
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. Courtney Long, Food Systems Team program manager. What gets you out of bed in the morning? Breakfast and coffee 🙂 — just kidding… I get … Continue reading Team member spotlight: Courtney Long
October is National Farm to School Month, a time to celebrate connections happening all over the country between schools, food, and local farmers! FFED is an outreach partner with the National Farm to School Network to spread the word about this fun and important month. How is your school celebrating? In Iowa, many schools will … Continue reading Celebrate National Farm to School Month in October
by Joe Hannan, Commercial Horticultural Field Specialist Rainwater as an irrigation source is continuing to grow in popularity across Iowa. Shawn Shouse and Linda Naeve of Iowa State University designed their first high tunnel catchment system in 2010. Since then the system designs and intricacies have expanded to ever-larger volumes of water collected, collection from … Continue reading Rainwater catchment systems for produce irrigation