Postville Summer School Students took a field trip to the Postville Community garden on Friday. Students explored the garden space where the 4-H Garden Club grows produce for the school lunch program. Kindergarten students were most interested in the ripening strawberries! Continue reading
A four-person video production crew came to Oelwein to shoot a video to be used for FoodCorps service member recruitment next year. They recorded lessons, one-on-one’s in the garden, cafeteria programming, and had interviews with teachers, students, Emma, and Barb. Continue reading
Daniel Bowser, center, leads fellow food hub managers on a tour of Global Greens incubator farm. FHMWG participants from left to right include Ryan Marquardt, Ellen Walsh-Rosmann, Andrea Evelsizer, Barbara Stone, Gary Huber, Penny Brown Huber, Giselle Brusekewitz, and Jason Grimm.
In January 2016, UERPC’s Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS) held its first “Free Friday Morning Open Gym” at Luther College with over 50 kids and parents in attendance. Without a recreation center in Decorah, families with young children were in need for a space their children could run off some energy when the temperatures outside were too cold for little ones. Continue reading
