Flood worries were set aside Saturday, June 1, as incessant rains let up in time for the first Downtown Farmers Market of the season and the Mount Vernon Chocolate Stroll. I missed out on the chocolate-covered bacon, but was able to feed my addiction for Mickey Miller’s handmade truffles at Mount Vernon Confections during the […]
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New Pioneer Co-op might expand to Cedar ...
New Pioneer Co-op sent the following today: Iowa City, May 17, 2013 – Today, New Pi’s Board announces plans to pursue opening a third store.
Video: Behind the scenes of the Iowa Val...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Eastern Iowa is fortunate to have a good number of farmers markets, a growing contingent of Community Supported Agriculture programs and one of the newest local foods options, the Iowa Valley Food Co-op.
Iowa drops to fifth in “locavore” index
CEDAR RAPIDS – The state remains in the top 5, but Iowa dropped from last year’s second-place ranking in an annual “locavore” index. The index, by Strolling of the Heifers, ranks the best and worst states for eating local foods, based on a per capita comparison of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture programs and food […]
Morel of the story: “tremendous” year pr
The morel season is picking up steam, but it wasn’t until today that I found any in the Cedar Rapids area and “find” might be a stretch; these were for sale at the Hiawatha farmers market. Brein Osborn of Vinton was selling small containers of morels for $10 each at the market, which is open […]
Wanted: Iowa gardeners
A new program I mentioned earlier this month officially launched today. The Cultivate Iowa campaign encourages gardeners to donate some of their harvest to a local food pantry to help ensure that all Iowans have regular access to safe and nutritious food. The program also wants low-income Iowans to look at gardening as a way […]
New Pioneer Food Co-op reaches 100 perce...
More often than not, I pass over the salmon or other seafood I know is supposed to be healthy at the grocery store after reading the labels. Just today, New Pioneer Food Co-op announced that customers should feel confident in all of the products offered in the New Pi seafood cases.
Where are your morels? Iowa mushroom hun...
Last year was somewhat of an anomaly. By mid-March 2012, morel hunters were finding the sponge-like delicacies across Iowa when temperatures climbed unseasonably high in early spring. This year, with the ground still too cold for the mushrooms to grow, morel
Cultivate Iowa campaign to launch April ...
A new program launching this month seeks to ensure that all Iowans have regular access to safe and nutritious food. The Cultivate Iowa campaign, which debuts April 19, is an initiative of the Iowa Food Systems Council’s Food Access and Health Work Group, with
Who eats their veggies?
According to new Gallup well-being rankings, doctors in the United States lead all major occupational groups in overall well being, followed by school teachers and business owners. Transportation workers have the lowest well-being scores, behind manufacturing and production workers.