Current Competitive Grant

Procurement tools to develop sustainable local food purchasing models for farm to school chapters

Project ID: M2012-07

This 2-year grant for $36,000 was awarded in 2012.

Location: Statewide

The Iowa Corridor Food and Agriculture Coalition will hire a two-year local food procurement coordinator to assist schools in purchasing from local growers. The project seeks to develop templates and procedures for tools that will make local food procurement for school meals and snacks less reliant on outside technical assistance and funding, and will result in an Iowa-based online toolkit.

Jason Grimm

Jason is the Food System Planner for Iowa Valley RC&D. Jason has degrees in landscape architecture and environmental studies from ISU, with an emphasis in regional and urban food system design and planning. Jason and his wife live in Coralville where they practice urban agriculture in their yard and work on their family’s small diversified farm south of Williamsburg, raising corn, alfalfa, small grains, black beans, produce, beef and poultry. [Contact lead investigator]

This competitive grant project is part of the Leopold Center's Marketing Initiative.

The Leopold Center was established by the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act as a research and education center at Iowa State University to develop sustainable agricultural practices that are both profitable and conserve natural resources. Iowa State does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Vietnam Era Veteran. Any persons having inquiries concerning this may contact the Director of Affirmative Action, 3210 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.

This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/grants/m2012-07 on 01/20/2013