CEDAR RAPIDS – The Indian Creek Nature Center today announced its strategic vision for the 190-acre Etzel Sugar Grove Farm, as well as the lead gift of $150,000 from local organic products manufacturer, Frontier Co-op, to the project’s seed funding campaign. The farm, located about four miles northwest of the Tuma Soccer Complex in rural […]
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Behind the scenes at the Iowa City Farme...
IOWA CITY – For years, I’ve written about farmers markets, but until Saturday, I had never experienced the vendors’ side. Thanks to my sister’s internship at Morning Glory, a Community Supported Agriculture farm near Mount Vernon, Iowa, I had the opportunity at the Iowa City Farmers Market. Donna Warhover, who operates the farm with her […]
Iowa hydroponic farm grows in unique env...
By Cindy Hadish/for Radish Magazine As experts debate how to feed the world’s growing population into the future, Andrew Freitag has taken action. The Davenport man opened Friday’s Fresh Market – an indoor hydroponic farm – with lofty goals: to grow the healthiest plants on earth and drastically reduce water consumption, soil erosion and the […]
Seed Savers Exchange shares grandma’s wa
One of my grandma’s most memorable attributes was her warm smile. Even while grandma, Elsie Musel, wasn’t one to seek the limelight, her kindly smile can now be seen by a wide audience. Decorah-based Seed Savers Exchange features a photo of my grandma on the cover of its new brochure, along with background behind her […]
Look at this cool dog and a note from Fa...
“What will we do?” my son asked, when I told him the sad news. “I, I don’t know,” I stammered, trying to hide the panic in my voice. We had just discussed the seasonal end of our CSA – the Community Supported Agriculture shares that had provided our family with week upon week of veggies […]
Spirits of the past come alive through s...
It was a true moment of serendipity. A list of work that I needed to complete battled with wanting to hear Diane Ott Whealy, the co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange, speak at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, the last in a gardening series presented by the ISU Extension Linn County Master Gardeners. Diane’s speech won […]
Buy local this holiday season, including...
I tried to get by with stringing lights on corkscrew willow branches to substitute for our Christmas tree last year. It did not go over well in our household. Even when the season seems overwhelmingly busy, it’s worth the effort to buy a real tree, if nothing else, for that inimitable scent of fresh pine, […]
Pumpkin shopping and another neighborhoo...
I don’t recall ever buying pumpkins from a grocery store, as I’d rather see that money go directly to the farmers who haul those heavy loads to a farmers market, or right on the farm, as I found at a stop this weekend near Chelsea. Still, I can see that many people rely on their […]
More weekend photos: Culinary Ride!
SOLON – It was a case of too many good things happening at once. I missed out on this Sunday’s Fourth Annual Culinary Ride, part of the Field to Family Festival, because I was at another festival in Cedar Rapids. Fortunately, my cousin, Judy Beuter, helped me live vicariously. Her farm in rural Solon was […]
Grandma’s miracle flower
Our challenges in saving the family farm continue and it looks like, despite all of our efforts, it probably won’t remain intact. I found one message of hope, however, in all of the despair that surrounds losing something you love. A little background: our uncle was living on the family farm in rural Chelsea, Iowa, […]