By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market kicks off its 10th season on June 6, with a major announcement noted during a press conference today.
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Iowa farmer Laura Krouse shares life’s l
By Cindy Hadish/For Radish Magazine MOUNT VERNON, IOWA – It’s essential to life as we know it, but most people take the Earth’s soil for granted. Unless you’re a farmer like Laura Krouse. Krouse, owner of Abbe Hills Farm, has spent a lifetime learning about soil and the past 26 years improving it on her […]
Last call: Season ends soon for Iowa’s o
The final outdoor farmers markets of the season are fast-approaching. Many markets ended their seasons last month, but nearly 20 in Eastern Iowa will continue for another week or so. You can still find potatoes, cabbage, fall root crops such as beets, tomatoes, winter squash and more, along with locally raised meat, eggs, honey and […]
Apple Daze at the Youngville Café and mo
Market manager Lorraine Van Fleet just called to tell me about Apple Daze at the Youngville Farmers Market. If you drive Highway 30, west of Cedar Rapids, you’ll recognize the Youngville Café, at the intersection of Hwy. 30 and 218. The building, on the historic Lincoln Highway, is listed on the National Register of Historic […]
Last Downtown Farmers Market of the seas...
WASHINGTON, Iowa – This Saturday, Sept. 20, is your last chance of 2014 to see everything the Downtown Farmers Market offers in Cedar Rapids, but don’t dismiss the many other farmers markets that are held in Eastern Iowa, some of which continue through October. Many years ago, my friend Marlene Lucas, in her job as […]
Culinary Walk, Kids Day at the Market an...
IOWA CITY – More great local foods events are happening soon in Iowa City. This year’s Field to Family Local Food Festival is part of Eat Local Week 2014 and takes place beginning Thursday, Sept. 18, with what sounds like a delicious Culinary Walk in downtown Iowa City. Read more about this year’s festival from […]
New Uptown Fall Marion Market scheduled ...
Marion has an ideal, centrally located site for its farmers market at City Square Park, with a depot pavilion providing cover against the backdrop of the historic Main Street District. It was disappointing to hear the decision to end the Wednesday markets earlier this summer, but the Saturday markets continue, and a new Uptown Fall […]
“Virtual farmers markets” use modern tec
By Cindy Hadish/for Edible Iowa River Valley magazine Kim Burnett-Hanssen is passionate about local foods, but can do without the chaos sometimes found at large farmers markets. “I work nights and I’m not a big crowd person,” said Burnett-Hanssen, a communications specialist at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. When she heard about the […]
Market mania: photos from the first 2014...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Estimates that as many as 15,000 people crowd the core of Cedar Rapids during the Downtown Farmers Market seemed on-target June 7, as customers ambled elbow-to-elbow at the first market of the 2014 season. Even the new, free trolley service, meant to transport the crowds between downtown and the NewBo City Market, […]
“Lazy for the bees” and other reasons to
You might have seen a piece of news recently about allowing dandelions to grow to help bees survive, especially in early spring. As a homeowner with a front yard that right now is bursting with dandelions, I’d have to agree with that reasoning, or whatever else supports the current look of my lawn. “Farmer Dave” […]