UNI Local Food Program

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

🥕 It's time to take the Iowa Local Food Challenge! We can support each other and make a stronger & healthier Iowa! 🍅

Local food season is picking up across Iowa 🍅

Farmers markets, CSA boxes, farm stands, local restaurants, and summer road trips are giving Iowans more ways to choose food grown closer to home.

That’s what the Iowa Local Food Challenge is all about: choosing a local food goal that works for you and building from there.

Already buying local? Join anyway. Your participation helps make local food support more visible across Iowa.

Take the Challenge:
https://buff.ly/0YB2HxQ

06/18/2026

🌱 Thank you to all of the buyers that came out for farm visits to We Arose & Southern Goods last week!
Interested in joining this great networking opportunity?
Contact Jodie ➡️ [email protected]

06/17/2026

✨ Recipe of the Week: Kids Tomato Salsa ✨

With the kiddos home for summer break, now is a great time to get them in the kitchen! This easy yet delicious salsa recipe will teach the kids some knife skills while maybe sneaking some new ingredients on their plates. What other simple recipes will your youngest chefs be trying out this summer?

Full Recipe 👉 https://www.healthyharvestni.com/tomato-salsa-for-kids/

06/17/2026

06/15/2026

🥕 Grow. Eat. Play. Farmers Market Spotlight: Reinbeck Farmer's Market 👨‍🌾

The Reinbeck community holds its farmers market on Saturday mornings from 10 to noon! You'll find fresh, local produce and baked goods for your weekly groceries or homemade gifts and kids' events for a special weekend treat! We'll see you there!

06/15/2026

🌱 The SPROUT donation garden is all planted with the help of amazing volunteers, but our work isn't over!

Join us every Monday, at 9:30 am, and Thursday, at 4:00pm, this summer to help tend to plants, harvest, clean, and sort produce for donation. Our Thursday sessions won't start until the 18th, but you can jump right in on Monday by going to https://uniceee.ivolunteer.com/sprout!

06/13/2026

🍽 Grow. Eat. Play. Restaurant Spotlight: Hansen's Farm Fresh Dairy Stores 🍨

Hansen's Dairy has two locations outside of their on-farm store! Stop for gas and local groceries in Cedar Falls or pick up some ice cream & cheese curds in Waterloo. You'll find everything you want and need at these local shops!

Waterloo Store 👉 3015 Kimball Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa 50702

Cedar Falls Store 👉 123 E. 18th St., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

https://hansendairy.com/ #

06/13/2026

🍅 Grow. Eat. Play. Producer Spotlight: Iowa Food Hub 🌱

The Iowa Food Hub (IFH) is an innovative business working to connect farmers, families, and food grown close to home. IFH manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of source-identified food products from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand. Check out their website to order today!