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Czech Village Houby Days celebrates more...
CEDAR RAPIDS – It doesn’t always ring true, but this year’s Czech Village Houby Days will coincide with the peak of Iowa’s morel mushroom season. Sometimes, the season has long passed before the annual mid-May celebration takes place, or few of the mushrooms are found before the festival has ended. That timing is significant, as […]
Where to find morel mushrooms in Iowa
Morel mushroom, singular, would be more accurate, but I might be the only Iowa morel hunter to reveal the precise location of my find. After writing about the morel season and whether or not you can grow them, I finally found my own. In my own backyard.
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.
Weekend photo gallery: Brucemore plant s...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cool things were happening on a cool weekend in Eastern Iowa. Within blocks of each other in southeast Cedar Rapids, customers flocked to the annual Brucemore plant sale, while volunteers helped plant a community garden on Bever Avenue in the Wellington Heights Neighborhood. Brucemore’s sale centered around the historic Lord & Burnham […]
What Would Mom Do?
Friendly reminder that Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 12, 2013. Moms love flowers and you can find plenty of those at plant sales listed on the events calendar and more at area farmers markets, along with healthy food, just like mom taught you to eat! Also, a great place to take mom on Sunday […]
Vineyard trellis-building and “wine” jok
Anyone who regularly drives Interstate 380 south of Cedar Rapids knows about the Nesper sign jokes, those often-corny puns that flash across the giant electronic billboard alongside the interstate. Tonight’s joke was particularly fitting as I drove to Kirkwood Community College for Viticulture class… “What did the grape do when it got stepped on? It […]
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 […]
Unveiling the mystery of CSAs
Even as they grow in numbers, Community Supported Agriculture programs remain a mystery to many Iowans. Members of the programs, known as CSAs, pay an annual fee upfront to receive weekly shares of a farm’s fresh produce for several months during the growing season. In return, the farmers have a guaranteed source of income
Location is key to farmers market succes...
Location is a prime factor for more than the real estate market. Farmers markets also are finding success and failure based in large part on the markets’ visibility and proximity to neighboring market venues. “The number one thing that everyone agrees on is being on main roads – at