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		<title>Vote for Local Foods Connection</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vote online now for the edible Communities Publications&#8217; Fourth Annual Local Hero Awards. Your local edible publication is &#8220;edible Iowa River Valley&#8221; Magazine, which you can find for free in libraries, grocery stores and restaurants. Join them in celebrating the heroes of our local food community! Simply visit the link shown below for your &#8220;Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer at our Turkey Distribution!</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/11/09/volunteer-at-our-turkey-distribution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteer at our Turkey Distribution
In addition to 4 - 5 months of fresh produce, all Local Foods Connection clients in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids are offered a free, organic turkey for Thanksgiving. As an alternative to turkey, we offer our clients free, organic sheep meat in December. We purchase the turkey from Henry J.C. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donate to Local Foods Connection!</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/11/06/donate-to-local-foods-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LFC is supported financially by people like you! We depend on local families and businesses to donate money and services to us so that we can continue our work in providing fresh local food to low-income families. November and December are crucial fundraising months.
If you admire our work, want to support local farmers, or believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Food Security Conference Documents</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/10/09/community-food-security-conference-documents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Foods Connection is co-hosting a workshop at the upcoming Community Food Security Coalition conference, From Commodity to Community: Food Policies and Projects in the Heartland.
The conference, being held in Des Moines this year, will include plenaries on building networks for food system change, labor and immigration policy, and strategies for change of the industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Local Food Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/10/08/animal-vegetable-miracle-and-local-food-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/10/08/animal-vegetable-miracle-and-local-food-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One Community, One Book 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
http://www.icpl.org/one-book/
&#8220;Animal, Vegetable, Miracle&#8221; tells the story of how Kingsolver and her family for one year deliberately ate food produced in the place where they live. Kingsolver wrote the central narrative, and her husband, Steven Hopp, wrote in-depth sidebars about various aspects of food-production science and industry. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See “The Real Dirt on Farmer John”</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/09/09/see-the-real-dirt-on-farmer-john/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/09/09/see-the-real-dirt-on-farmer-john/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN
With special guest appearance by John Peterson (Farmer John)

Sat Sep 12, 8 pm
CSPS, 1103 Third St SE, Cedar Rapids
http://www.legionarts.org/
Free admission, Donations invited
For close to a century, a great American epic has been played out in the tiny town of Caledonia, Illinois, about 75 miles west of Chicago. The Real Dirt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scattergood Farm Tour and Potluck</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/31/scattergood-farm-tour-and-potluck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/31/scattergood-farm-tour-and-potluck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the Practical Farmers of Iowa for one of their Field Days!
Saturday, September 19 at Scattergood Friends School Farm in West Branch
Tour is at 4:00 pm; potluck at 6:00
Discussion:
• High tunnels
• Root cellars
• CSAs
• Heritage pigs
• Farming for food
• Poultry breeds trial
• Incubating women farmers
Scattergood Friends School Farm
1951 Delta Ave., West Branch
319/530-3782
farm@scattergood.org
The farm: Scattergood Friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Workdays Fall 2009  Join Us!!</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/30/farm-workdays-fall-2009-join-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us at one of our farm workdays this fall. Farm workdays are fun, educational and productive! You and your family will have a great time and learn more about small family farming. The more people who join us during a shift, the more work that will get done and the more new people you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Taste of Mount Vernon at the Farmers Market</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/30/a-taste-of-mount-vernon-at-the-farmers-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/30/a-taste-of-mount-vernon-at-the-farmers-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
A Taste of Mount Vernon at the Farmers Market
Thursday, September 17, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Memorial Park Gazebo
A catered event featuring:

The Lincoln Cafe
Big Creek Market
Skillet Cafe
Tatyana&#8217;s Kitchen
Fuel
Sutliff Cider
The Perfect Blend

Join our local chefs at the farmers&#8217; market to celebrate fresh, lcoal food and our area farms. Each chef will craft a delicious appetizer featuring a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Fairfield Eco-Workshops and Tours</title>
		<link>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/17/free-fairfield-eco-workshops-and-tours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localfoodsconnection.org/2009/08/17/free-fairfield-eco-workshops-and-tours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfield is hosting the Inaugural Celebration of the state funded Eco-Design Center, an Amish Pole Barn built with straw-bale and earth plasters, powered by solar and wind energy, and lanscaped with native &#38; edible species.  The festivities include free eco-workshops on vibrant organic annual production and perennial orchards; home-scale solar and wind energy; and cost [...]]]></description>
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