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Live Healthy Iowa Kids' Fall Fitness Day announces its cash recipients
Posted: October 15, 2011Fall Fitness Day saw record numbers with 456,466 participating youth, equaling 178 schools. Each year, Live Healthy Iowa gives cash prizes to randomly drawn participating schools and their physical education programs. This year's recipients were awarded a total of $2,750 to schools all across Iowa.
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Online Crossing Guard Training Available
Posted: October 12, 2011The Iowa Safe Routes to School program announces an online training for crossing guards. This program is delivered by crossing guard instructors from the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. The training reviews the tips and techniques for safe crossing practices.
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Local Youth Host FEEST in Postville
Posted: October 10, 2011Postville teens recently gathered to prepare and share a healthy, delicious meal featuring local food. The event was a part of the newly formed FEEST at Postville high school--Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team.
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Taste of Northeast Iowa Set for Oct. 6
Posted: September 29, 2011A Taste of Northeast Iowa will feature farms, restaurants, caterers, microbreweries and wineries from Northeast Iowa. The event will take place at the Elks Lodge in Decorah from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Attendees will browse the food tables and visit with the people who grow and prepare the food.
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Local Youth Host FEEST in West Union
Posted: September 28, 2011West Union teens recently gathered to prepare and share a healthy, delicious meal featuring local food. The event was a part of the newly formed FEEST group at North Fayette high school--Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team.
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Cooking School for School Cooks
Posted: September 26, 2011 Some local school food service staff are sharpening their cooking skills by attending 5th Season Workshops hosted by the Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative Farm to School program. A 5th Season Workshop is designed to teach food service staff how to prepare and store local foods from farmers or school gardens. As the name implies, the fifth season is when you utilize local foods that have been preserved by a variety of methods in meals.
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School Food Service Workers Complete ServSafe Training
Posted: September 25, 2011School food service employees from five school districts participated in a day-long food safety in-service taught by Iowa State University Extension specialist Cindy Baumgartner. The training was part of the Farm to School project in northeast Iowa. Nineteen food service staff from South Winneshiek, Oelwein, West Central, MFL Mar-Mac and Central of Elkader school districts participated in the training.
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October marks the first National Farm to School Month
Posted: September 25, 2011October is National Farm to School Month, a time to celebrate the connections that are happening all over the country between schools and local food.
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Greater Economic Opportunities for Rural Communities
Posted: September 24, 2011Secreatry Vilsack announces a Memorandum of Understanding between Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Council on Foundations. The MOU outlines ways to provide new of capital, new job opportunities, workforce investment strategies, and identification of additional resources that can be used to spur economic growth in rural America.
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Area schools serve locally grown foods during Home Grown School Lunch Week, September 19-23
Posted: September 19, 2011yes
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