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February 2012
In This Issue
Flavor Highlight
Featured News
Upcoming Events
2012 Season Preview

Flavor Highlight

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Featured News
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Check out Sioux City Growth Organization's second annual Innovation Market! Submit your idea for a chance to win $5,000 for your business or idea. Over half of the 2011 Top Ideas involved, you guessed it, FOOD. 
Do it now--the deadline for submissions is this Friday, 2/3!
 
Featured Event:
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LeMars, IA
 
Upcoming Events
Sioux Center

Sioux City

LaCrosse, WI
 
Feb. 24 Wine Gala and Auction (featuring 4 local wineries), Sioux Center
Greetings!

This month we're previewing some exciting developments for the 2012 growing season and highlighting innovative business ideas in Sioux City! Check it out!

Laura Kuennen
Regional Food Coordinator
ISU Extension and Outreach
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Ready for 2012?

Just like we can't wait to slice into the first 2012 tomato, we're anticipating great food from these people and places this coming season. Click here to find out why!

  1. Angela Jackson: Upper Missouri Valley Local Foods Project and the Red Earth Coop
  2. Chef Paul: Real Food, Inc.
  3. Schools: What are YOUR kids eating?
  4. South Sioux City, NE
  5. Dan Avery: Dakota Earth
  6. The Little Sioux Growers Cooperative and Wilder Thymes Natural Food Store
  7. Getting's Garden
  8. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farms
  9. Sioux City Farmers' Market
  10. Flavors, of course!

Find out more by reading our 2012 Season Preview.

You may be interested in... 
 
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The new and exciting information on
Notice! All Growers! Check out the Post-Harvest handling workshop in the featured events on the left. Atina Diffley of Organic Farming Works will be delivering the workshop. We're also offering an additional morning session, "Organic Seeds and Weeds." Only $5 and $10!!! 

Also bookmark the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture's calendar for lists of statewide events:

 

Sincerely,
Flavors of Northwest Iowa
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