Finding the Food You Want

Your Resource Guide
Consumers are increasingly aware that they have choices about their food. Many want food choices telling then where and how the food was produced, but finding this food can often be a challenge. Here is a simple resource guide of web sites and phone numbers to help. Click the link to get to the website directly.

Where do you go when you want to ...

 Find fresh locally grown food in your city and county

• Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Click "Farmers Market Directory" to find a comprehensive link to locally grown farm products in Iowa

• AMS and USDA - Farmer's Markets Listed by State

• Local Harvest - Farmer's Markets

• Food Routes Network (814) 349-6000

• Practical Farmers of Iowa (515)232-5661

• Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (641) 495-6367
   

Find organic food

• Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (515) 281-5783

• Organic Valley Farms  Click "Where to Buy"

• All Organic Links

• Food Routes Network (814) 349-6000
   

Find meat raised by Iowa farmers who use sustainable practices

• Eat Well Guide

• Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Click "Family Farm Meats Directory" (515) 242-6936

• Practical Farmers of Iowa (515) 232-5661
   

Learn more about/join a community supported agriculture enterprise

• Robyn VanEn Center for Community Supported Agriculture Search CSAs by zip code.

• Local Harvest

• Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (641) 495-6367
   

  Learn more about "organic," "sustainable" food labels, food safety

• Consumer Union Guide to Environmental "eco-label"

• SustainableAg.net   Click "Marketing Strategies"

• Core Values Northeast Click "What is an Eco-Label?"

• Organic Agriculture, ISU Extension

• All Organic Links

• Food Routes Network (814) 349-6000

• Iowa State University (515) 294-7549 (food safety information)
   

Learn more about Iowa efforts to help you find the food you want

• Practical Farmers of Iowa (515) 232-5661

• Value Chain Partnerships for a Sustainable Agriculture (515) 294-8530

• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (515) 294-1854

• ISU Sustainable Agriculture Extension

• University of Northern Iowa Local Food Project

• Iowa Food Policy Council (515) 271-2065

• Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (641) 495-6367

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (319) 668-8110

• ISU Extension Value-Added Program (515) 294-0588

• Women, Food, and Agriculture Network (712) 243-3264

• National Catholic Rural Life Conference (515) 270-2634
  
   

The production of this guide was a collaboration of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture;
Practical Farmers of Iowa; Iowa Network for Community Agriculture; Iowa State University Extension;
the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Iowa); Iowa Food Policy Council; Women, Food and Agriculture Network; National Catholic Rural Life Conference; and Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa

January 2004