There is so much information on the internet. And much of it is interesting! I want to share some of the things that I find interesting – organizations that are doing good work, other farms that are working hard and contributing to the success of local, healthy foods in Iowa, and interesting research contributing to our understanding of food, farming, and sustainable agriculture. Feel free to send me a note if you have something you’d like me to include on the list!
Disclaimer: I just started listing these off the top of my mind – there are MANY more great farms and organizations to be listed, and I’ll add them as I think of them!!
Organizations I like:
- Iowa Farmers Union (advocating for policy that supports sustainable ag and family farms in Iowa)
- Practical Farmers of Iowa (a network of farmers in Iowa doing on-farm research and sharing knowledge and experience with each other)
- LocalHarvest: a website helping to connect eaters with local farmers
- Women Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN)
- Pennsylvania Sustainable Ag (PASA)
- Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA)
- National Young Farmers Coalition
- Iowa Food Cooperative: online shopping cart for food from Iowa
- Eat Greater Des Moines
- Iowa Policy Project now Common Good Iowa
- Farm, Food, and Enterprise Development at Iowa State University / Extension
Farms I like:
- Cory Family Farm (Elkhart, IA)
- Grade A Gardens (Johnston, IA)
- One Farm (Logan, IA)
- Wild Woods Farm (Solon, IA)
- ZJ Farm (Solon, IA) is now Sundog Farm
- One Step at a Time Gardens (Kanawha, IA)
- Abbe Hills Farm (Mt Vernon, IA)
- Middle Way Farm (Grinnell, IA)
- Blue Gate Farm (Chariton, IA)
- Genuine Faux Farm (Tripoli, IA)
- Red Fern Farm (Wapello, IA)
- Country View Dairy (Hawkeye, IA)
- Radiance Dairy (Fairfield, IA)
- Jorge’s Organics (Fairfield, IA)
- Joygrow (Cambridge, IA)
Farms that are no more that I used to like:
- Central Iowa Hops (Elkhart, IA)
- Grinnell Heritage Farm (Grinnell, IA)
- Lacewing Acres (Boone, IA)
- Table Top (Nevada, IA)
- Small Potatoes Farm (Minburn, IA)