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Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association

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Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association
This week's Small Farm Sustainability's Podcast episode features the upcoming Iowa Specialty Producers Conference! Check it out below! 🎙 ... See MoreSee Less

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In this episode, I interview Kendra Meyer, executive secretary for the Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association, to talk about the upcoming Iowa Specialty Producers Conference.
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Mark your calendar for January 19-20, 2021, for the Iowa Specialty Producers Conference! Join the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the Iowa Wine Growers Association for two days of learning, networking, and fun. Funded by IDALS. Registration is now open at www.iowaspecialtyproducers.com/registration-page. ... See MoreSee Less

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Local Food and Supply Chain Resources Available amid COVID-19

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers AssociationApril 17, 2020

Courtney Long
Farm, Food and Enterprise Development
515-294-2213
court7@iastate.edu

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a far-reaching impact within the food supply and value chain system, affecting multiple sectors of the food economy.

In an effort to help explain the many issues and options, the Farm, Food and Enterprise Development program with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is sharing timely resources and answers online.

Courtney Long, food systems program manager with FFED, has compiled an updated document that explains the issue, and provides specific resources for farmers, processors, farmers markets, grocery stores, and distribution and virtual food sales.

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Original photo: Sweet corn at farmers market.

The document, “COVID-19 Resources for Farms, Food Businesses and Food Systems Practitioners,” is updated bi-weekly and includes resources from Iowa, the nation and other states.

“COVID 19 has hit us all in various ways and there are so many different considerations as it relates to farms and to food systems,” Long said.

The document provides potential solutions for each sector, using examples from Iowa and other states. Farmers markets will soon be opening in Iowa, and the document provides insight into the options for market operators, vendors and customers.

The FFED program also has resources available on its COVID-19 Resources page, with information for farms, farmers markets, farm to school, food systems and businesses.

Long said she’s learning of some “unique and innovative practices” being done, as food suppliers and consumers work on ways to do business, while following social distancing.

For more information, or for questions not currently answered in the resources, she can be reached at 515-294-2213, or court7@iastate.edu.

–Iowa State University Extension & Outreach

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