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
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
by Teresa Wiemerslage, field specialist Iowans will celebrate the second annual statewide Local Food Day on October 11, as part of National Farm to School Month. Mark your calendar now, and visit the website to learn how you and your school district can participate! Local Food Day goals Iowa Local Food Day will bring together … Continue reading Iowa Local Food Day is October 11