About Healthy Harvest of North Iowa | A locally grown food network

Who We Are

Mission

Healthy Harvest of North Iowa connects and educates in support of the local food system.

Vision

The vision of Healthy Harvest of North Iowa is to be the resource for creating, developing, and supporting a community-based North Iowa regional food system.

Focus

Our priority focuses are production, distribution and retail, access and consumption and organizational capacity.

Welcome!

Healthy Harvest of North Iowa is a nonprofit organization that works to connect and educate in support of the local food system.

We are a network of local food leaders across North Iowa including farm and food business owners, consumers, elected officials, community leaders, public health, educators, economic development, and more!

Current Projects

We pursue these priorities at the producer level by coordinating educational workshops, encouraging producer networks, providing technical support, and working on expanded market development. Key programs include the North Iowa Local Food Connection, Shared Kitchen Pilot Program, and the Grow. Eat. Play. Marketing Campaign.

We pursue these priorities at the consumer level by promoting the purchase and consumption of locally produced foods through farmers markets, restaurants, and retail locations. Key programing includes recipe demonstrations at farmers markets, kids cooking classes, and promotion of local products through our online searchable database and recipe database.

We pursue these priorities at the community level by connecting producers and food businesses and beginning local food system conversations that lead to programming. Key programing includes Farm to School efforts and farmers’ market support.

We pursue these priorities at the regional level by developing partnerships and leading discussions on numerous connections throughout our regional food system. Key programing includes: facilitation of the North Iowa Local Food Coalition, co-hosting the annual North Iowa Green Expo & Market, and participating and leading key efforts of the Iowa Food System Coalition.

View our 2020 – 2024 Strategic Plan

Team

As part of Iowa’s regional food development network, Healthy Harvest is active in nine counties, including Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Floyd, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright.