As the year, and the decade, come to a close, take a look back at some of the Homegrown highlights of 2019. Click on the links to learn what happened behind the headlines: One of the first stories of the year turned out to be one of the most read, after a shot fired at […]
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Photos: Elizabeth Warren in Cedar Rapids...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A crowd greeted Elizabeth Warren back to Cedar Rapids for a Saturday night town hall. More than 600 people turned out at Taft Middle School, 5200 E Ave NW, on Nov. 16 to see the Massachusetts senator, one of the leading Democratic presidential candidates. Speaking for nearly an hour, Warren touched on […]
Organic diversity links to profit is foc...
The Iowa State University Organic Agriculture Program’s 18th Annual Organic Conference will be held Sunday, Nov. 24, and Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, at the University of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union. Keynote Speaker Alex Heilman, of Mercaris, will address the profitability of organic agriculture, now and into the future. Mercaris is a leading source of organic […]
Winter arrives early; Daylight Saving Ti...
With snowfall twice this week, Iowa already appears to be in the throes of winter. That march will continue this weekend as Daylight Saving Time ends and we “lose” an hour of daylight, while “gaining” an hour of sleep. Remember to “fall back” and set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed […]
Photos: Czech Village New Bohemia Hallow...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Nearly 50 entries entertained crowds of spectators who lined New Bohemia and Czech Village streets to catch a glimpse of the 2019 Halloween Parade. With a theme of “Scary Things that go Bump in the Night,” witches, zombies and other ghouls rode on floats and handed out candy to costumed children […]
Winter farmers market season kicks off i...
Winter farmers markets continue to hold their own in Iowa. The outdoor market season generally ends by the last of October, but by November, the indoor markets already kick in. One change last season moved the long-standing Dubuque Winter Market to a new location. In February, that market opened in its new site in the […]
VegFest of Eastern Iowa set for Nov. 9 i...
Last year, VegFest of Eastern Iowa started what looks to become an annual tradition, with its celebration of plant-based living. The second rendition of VegFest of Eastern Iowa is set for Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. through 4 p.m. at the Kirkwood Regional Center, 2301 Oakdale Blvd., Coralville. Admission is $5 for adults, […]
Photos: Market After Dark in downtown Ce...
UPDATE, Aug. 28, 2019: The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, which hosts Market After Dark, said this year’s event had a record number of attendees, at nearly 50,000. “We heard from many of the 100 Market After Dark vendors that they were sold out or nearly sold out of products well before the closing bell […]
Czech Village Blues enters third year to...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Czech Village Blues approaches its third year as a fundraising effort to restore the Riverside Roundhouse, a site for farmers markets since 1963 that was dismantled after the devastating floods of 2008. Gates open at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, for the event along the Cedar River in Czech Village, hosted […]
Photos: 2019 Freedom Festival Parade
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sultry weather didn’t appear to diminish the crowds or spirits of the participants in Saturday’s Freedom Festival Parade. Temperatures that reached the 90s, teamed with high humidity, led some families to stake out shade along the route through New Bohemia and Czech Village as early as two hours before the parade’s […]