Join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach for an educational workshop designed with food entrepreneurs in mind. What you’ll learn:

• Understand the guidelines, food safety,
  and the science supporting the
  guidelines for home food entrepreneurs.
• Practice and use the testing equipment
  required for home food entrepreneurs
  and be able to complete batch records.
• Generate appropriate food labels for
  foods sold from their homes.
• Be equipped to adopt food safety best
  practices for consistent, high-quality
  products in their home food business.

Registration costs $85.
Register at: Best Practices

Contact Jill Weber, Health and Human Sciences Educator, for more information at jrweber@iastate.edu or call (319)234-6811.

Join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach for an educational workshop designed with food entrepreneurs in mind. What you’ll learn:

• Understand the guidelines, food safety,
  and the science supporting the
  guidelines for home food entrepreneurs.
• Practice and use the testing equipment
  required for home food entrepreneurs
  and be able to complete batch records.
• Generate appropriate food labels for
  foods sold from their homes.
• Be equipped to adopt food safety best
  practices for consistent, high-quality
  products in their home food business.

Registration costs $85.
Register at: Best Practices

Contact Jill Weber, Health and Human Sciences Educator, for more information at jrweber@iastate.edu or call (319)234-6811.

Join other farmers, producers, and local food system stakeholders at our upcoming meeting on May 14, 2025. The topic for this meeting is “Finding Local Food.” Speakers will discuss marketing strategies, branding, and where to find–or sell–locally grown and Read more

22 January 2025 – Diamond Event Center, Cedar Falls, IA

Visitors of the Diamond Event Center might have been surprised to hear a cow bell ringing the morning of January 22, 2025. No, a stray cow wasn’t roaming the Read more

Cedar Valley Regional Food & Farm Network is a coalition of individuals, food and farm businesses, the UNI Local Food Program, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, Black Hawk County Health Department, and other community organizations & leaders working together to positively impact the local food system.

Cedar Valley Regional Food & Farm Network is a coalition of individuals, food and farm businesses, the UNI Local Food Program, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, Black Hawk County Health Department, and other community organizations & leaders working together to positively impact the local food system.

Topic: Nutrition Assistance Programs

AGENDA

Introductions

Brief overview of Nutrition Assistance Programs 

Panel and Q & A with a farmer, a SNAP/EBT recipient, and more

Creating Connections 

• Organizations can share updates
• Ask for collaborators w/ upcoming events
• Bring a business card for networking!

Cedar Valley Regional Food & Farm Network is a coalition of individuals, food and farm businesses, the UNI Local Food Program, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, Black Hawk County Health Department, and other community organizations & leaders working together to positively impact the local food system.