Our Mission:
Through cooperation, educating our community members about their food and utilizing good business practices, we are building a high-quality of life, and a diverse healthy landscape to allow future generations to be self-sustaining.
Hoop houses for season extension: Are they right for you?
Read about hoop house research completed in Michigan: http://www.new-ag.msu.edu/issues08/8-12.htm
Get your Thanksgiving turkey fresh, local, and not frozen!
Pathfinders RC&D board member and Hometown Harvest Leadership Team Member, Willie Van Weelden, is raising 80 turkeys on his farm near Oskaloosa that will be ready for Thanksgiving. They are free range enjoying sunshine and grass, but not organic, as he has no source for organic feed.
The price will be $2/pound dressed. He has both hens and toms so the weight will range from 13 to 22 pounds, more or less.
Fruit & Vegetable Farmer Workshop: Building Partnerships with ISU Dining
Sponsored by ISU Extension Value-Added & ISU Dining
Friday, November 14, 10:00AM-1:30PM
Counties and Local Food Systems
Read about four case studies showing how counties are getting involved in local food systems. This document was published by the Nationaql Association of Counties (NAC0): http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=technical_assistance&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=24784
Sundays on the Farm
There were a couple of changes made to our Sunday line-up - be sure you know about them!
Click on "Attachment" at the end of this post to see the flier for the rest of August -- and I just realized that you will have to be logged in to see "Attachment!"
Sundays at the Farm
Come experience the family farm!
To truly understand your local food system, nothing substitutes
Where to begin?
What with Leopold grant pre-proposals, ArtWalk meetings, and other activities that always find their way into daily life, I have been utterly lax maintaining noteworthy news! Here's the latest:
Sunday, August 24
10:00 am - 12:00 noon Walker Group (56 S Main, Fairfield, on the southwest corner of the square) with Roland Wells. Come make yourself comfortable with using the HHSEI website!!
Farm Tour Open Houses Resume!
August
Notes from Oskaloosa and Bloomfield
I have had a wonderful week, meeting local growers and agents in Oskaloosa and Bloomfield! Thank you for coming out and taking part - it really helps direct and shape our goals to know what is going on with everyone. So without further ado, The Notes: