Looking for guidance on how to make sound financial and marketing decisions for your farm? Check out these six new or freshly updated publications from FFED program manager and agricultural economist Craig Chase. Download them all as free PDFs below from the ISU Extension Store. Using Whole-Farm and Enterprise Records to Make Decisions (FFED 33) … Continue reading Six new publications on analyzing farm finances
It’s conference season! Here’s another great learning opportunity for Midwest farmers. Reprinted from ISU Extension and Outreach News. The Great Plains Growers Conference is an educational opportunity for commercial fruit, vegetable, cut flower and honey bee producers from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and other Midwest states. Participants have access to research-based information, from both vegetable research … Continue reading Great Plains Growers Conference is Feb. 12-13 online
Partners within the Iowa Farm to School and Early Care Coalition recently won a Farm to Early Care and Education Implementation Grant (FIG). The Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN) awarded the grant. Learn more about the project here. One grant strategy focuses on improving child nutrition. Partners plan to invest in Iowa agriculture … Continue reading Early care sites can apply for funds to buy local foods
by Leigh Adcock, FFED communications specialist The 2020 pandemic pushed direct market farmers into the spotlight nationwide. Consumers shied away from supermarkets for safety and because lots of products were in short supply. Even farmers markets suffered, as customers and vendors struggled to comply with COVID-19 social distancing requirements. The winners in this year’s direct … Continue reading Resources for CSA farms (it’s sign-up time!)