Soil doesn’t get the attention that, let’s say, a new organic grocery store or seasonally focused restaurant might, but without healthy soil, you wouldn’t have those organic veggies to buy at the store or served on the menu.
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New Pioneer Food Co-op offers sneak peek...
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan CEDAR RAPIDS – If the traffic flooding the parking lot at New Pioneer Food Co-op is any indication, the new Cedar Rapids store will be off to a roaring start. Hungry for a taste of the co-op, current members surged through the doors during a sneak peek of the new site […]
New Pioneer Food Co-op announces opening...
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s what fans of fresh, local and organic foods have been awaiting. New Pioneer Food Co-op has been readying its new store in Cedar Rapids for more than a year and today announced what the opening date will be. The Cedar Rapids site is the third location for the co-op, based in […]
University of Iowa to host Iowa Organic ...
A well-respected fruit grower spoke to me at length during a recent farmers market. One of the points he noted was the challenge in raising food organically in Iowa. “Too many critters,” he said, in reference to the insects and other pests that tend to attack produce crops. Many of the growers I know are […]
As opening day nears, New Pioneer could ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – New Pioneer Food Co-op’s new store in Cedar Rapids might open sooner than expected. Store leaders recently said the new location should be open by the holiday season, before the end of 2014. See more here: New Pioneer and other stores to open in CR But “holiday” could also refer to another […]
Three-way grocery store “race” nears fin
By Cindy Hadish/For the Corridor Business Journal CEDAR RAPIDS — Three east-side grocery stores could open their doors within months of each other, but store leaders insist it’s not a race to see who can finish first. The Fresh Market, New Pioneer Food Co-op and Fareway all will open new stores just a few minutes’ […]
The Fresh Market sets Oct. 1 grand openi...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Offering local, organic and all-natural products, prepared foods, custom cuts of meat and bulk spices, The Fresh Market will open its doors Oct. 1 in Cedar Rapids. The store has been remodeling the former Kmart location, 180 Collins Rd. NE, at the same time that New Pioneer Food Co-op has been renovating […]
Cedar Rapids man ordered to remove garde...
By Cindy Hadish/Homegrown Iowan CEDAR RAPIDS – In a city that touts itself as a healthy, “Blue Zones” community, Ed Thornton faces a trespassing violation. His crime? Growing vegetables. “If I’m doing something and it’s not hurting anyone, why am I being punished for it?” Thornton asked of his garden, which he started 4 years […]
Mike Nowak preaches the gospel of organi...
The circle of feeding, growing and maintaining a lawn is mind-boggling. Ingest the ground with chemicals and spend even more time running through it with a gas-guzzling mower. Yet, I know many homeowners want that pristine sea of green. Mike Nowak might be able to insert some common sense into our love of lawns. His […]
Watchdog group questions agribusiness ap...
Corporate agribusiness shouldn’t merit a seat at the table of the largest organic farming conferences in America, according to one group. As the MOSES organic farming conference gets underway Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, The Cornucopia Institute is crying foul over the scheduled appearance of an employee of WhiteWave, the former branded products division of Dean […]