North Iowa Fresh/One Vision Bounty Field Day

North Iowa Fresh/One Vision Bounty Field Day

The North Iowa Local Food Connection is a network of local farm and food businesses and friends building relationships, collaborating, learning together, creating connections that build business and productive communities.

This month’s Connections Field Day will be a fun one. From the farm to the packing table to your table, the North Iowa Fresh/One Vision Bounty Field Day will highlight how this new program is connecting local food with consumers through worksite wellness programs and generating meaningful work. The North Iowa Fresh Bounty Box program offers weekly and bi-weekly deliveries of farm fresh produce, fruit, and more to North Iowa worksites.

The field day will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2:00-4:30 pm., starting at Furleigh Farm, long-time you pick operation. Erik Furleigh will provide an overview of his farm and explain how selling product through North Iowa Fresh fits in. After the farm tour, the field day will move to the aggregation center at One Vision in Clear Lake where products are delivered, finalized for delivery, and delivered.  Cindy Richardson and David Gernetzke, of One Vision, will provide a tour of the aggregation operations and highlight how the program has helped One Vision meet their workforce development goals.

North Iowa Fresh Broker/Manager, Andrea Evelsizer, North Iowa Fresh producer members and worksite partners will all help explain the program. Alexandra Flick, of Stellar Industries in Garner, and Chris Hauge, from Clear Lake Bank & Trust in Clear Lake, will be on hand to explain how this program benefits their employees and their wellness program.

Furleigh Farm is located at 811 N 56th St, Clear Lake. Take Jonquil Ave. south of Hwy 122 just east of the Mason City Municipal Airport. One Vision is located at 1200 N 9th St W, Clear Lake.

The event is free and open to the public.

Please bring a lawn chair. There will be time for visiting and enjoying the food samplings after the farm tour, provided by Fieldhouse restaurant and Crumbs Bakery.

For more information about the Bounty program or North Iowa Fresh please visit: ​www.northiowafresh.net For more information about the Field Day, contact: Andrea Evelsizer, 319/325-4222 or northiowafreshandrea@gmail.com or Jan Libbey, 515/851-1690 jan@healthyharvvestni.com from Healthy Harvest of North Iowa. Complete details on future field days can be found at www.healthyharvestni.com.

North Iowa Fresh Bounty from Model Farm on Vimeo.

 

Curious about North Iowa local food businesses? This series of events will provide an excellent opportunity for everyone from farmers to eaters. Get a behind the scenes peak at what makes these North Iowa entrepreneurs tick! Please join us!

 

MAY

Tuesday May 22nd,  6 – 9 pm
Jessi Myers General Manager, Ryan Wagner Chef
Fieldhouse Restaurant
14 N 3rd St Clear Lake, IA 50428
County: Cerro Gordo
Farmer? Eater? Join us for a dynamic exploration of a farm to fork based restaurant – three learning demonstrations planned.

 

JUNE

Sunday, June 24th 3 – 5pm
Aaron Thomas
The Thomas Farmstead
816 410th St. Kensett, IA 50448
County: Worth County
Got a farming dream? Whet your appetite with a tour and overview of the young Thomas Farmstead.

 

JULY

Sunday, July 22, 3-5pm
Jake Rajewsky and Molly Angstman
Fat Hill Brewery
17 N. Federal, Mason City, IA 50401
County: Cerro Gordo
Brewer Jake will teach about the ingredients that go into beer and how beer is made and how our used grain is utilized by a local farmer for his sheep.

 

AUGUST

Sunday, Aug 12, 2:00-4:30p.m.
Steve Strasheim
Twisted River Farm
195 S. Madison St., Mitchell, IA 50461
County: Mitchell

Bridge the urban/rural divide at this budding urban garden. Explore tools & techniques they use.

SEPTEMBER

Sunday, Sept. 23, 2:00-4:30pm
North Iowa Fresh & One Vision
1200 W. 9^th St., N., Clear Lake, IA 50428
County: Cerro Gordo
From the packing table to the corporate table, learn what’s new with North Iowa Fresh. One Vision aggregation center, and new Worksite wellness partnerships.

 

These events are part of the North Iowa Local Food Connections program, a partnership of Healthy Harvest of North Iowa and local food and farm businesses. Support provided by USDA Rural Development.