Regional Food Initiative

Welcome to the Regional Food Initiative/I-Food

We appreciate generous support from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the Northwest Area Foundation, Penny Brown-Huber Agricultural Specialist, Iowa Network for Community Agriculture, United Way of East Central Iowa and Croassroads Resource Center.

Framing the Future of a Local Food System in Linn County

  • Linn_Co_Mtg_4_30_2008.doc  Posted: 2008-07-08
  • Linn_Co_Mtg_Minutes_10_26_07.doc  Posted: 2008-07-08
  • Linn_Food_Mtg_Invitation_4_08.doc  Posted: 2008-07-08
 

Strengthening the Local and Regional Food System in the Iowa and Cedar River Valleys

Regional Food / I-Food Strategic Planning Meetings

February 2007	March 2007	April 2007	May 2007
August 2007	October 2007	December 2007

I-Food in the News

• Kalona Organics.doc  Posted: 2007-09-22
• Hy-vee offers Amish grown 091707.pdf  Posted: 2007-09-22

I-Food Sub-Committee Working Documents / Research

Social and Cultural 21 files

Food 3 files

Bio-Physical 0 files

Political 1 files

School Food 1 files

Dairy 1 files

Web Resources and Partner Links

Want fresh, locally grown food in Iowa, but don't know where to find it?  Click on this link from Local Food Routes to find local food farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in Iowa.Our Partners

Related Links

• Practical Farmers of Iowa at http://www.practicalfarmers.org/
• Iowa Network for Community Agriculture - Under their work check out "Eat Locally for Goodness Sakes" and "Growing Food and Profit" at http://www.growinca.org/work.html
• CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture Farms) in Iowa at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1693.pdf
• Slow Food Iowa which contains an older producer directory of eastern Iowa at http://www.slowfoodiowa.org/Producers.htm
• Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/info/local+food.htm
• Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/marketing_files/workshop06/presentations/coalition.pdf
• The University of Northern Iowa Local Food Project at http://www.uni.edu/ceee/foodproject.
• Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center at http://www.prairiewoods.org/.

Our Partners

• The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa at http://www.meskwaki.org/.
• National Catholic Rural Life Conference. You may be interested in their postings of "Ethics of Eating" and "Eating is a Moral Act" at http://www.ncrlc.com/
• Ken Meter with Cross Roads Resource Center, whom the Iowa Valley RC&D Commissioned to study the Farm and Food Economy of the Iowa Valley at http://www.crcworks.org/msi.html
• Grinnell Area Local Food Alliance Website which also contains a producer directory at http://web.grinnell.edu/cps/galfa/index.htm
• The Johnson County Area Local Food Alliance at http://www.jclfa.org/
• Kalona Organics at http://www.kalonaorganics.com/
• Farmers All Natural Creamery at http://www.farmersallnaturalcreamery.com/
• United Way of East Central Iowa at http://www.uweci.org/
• Frontier Natual Products Cooperative at http://www.frontiercoop.com/
• K and K Popcorn at http://www.kandkpopcorn.com/
• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Publications and other Resources and Research at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/

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