Celebrating Iowa Local Food Day

Yesterday, we celebrated Iowa Local Food Day across the District, serving local foods and supporting 14 area producers and businesses! We love connecting students to their food and the people who produce it. Below, you’ll see a list of the foods our students munched on with the help of local producers. Not all foods were available at all schools.

Grape tomatoes, peppers, watermelons – Flint Ridge Farms

Yogurt – Country View Dairy

Watermelons – Hilltop Farms

Roasted root veggies, peas, corn – SnoPac

Apples – Deal’s Orchard

Hot sauce – Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce

Lettuce – Joyful Greens

Carrots – Rainbow Roots Farm

Black beans – Meadowlark Farm and Mill

Onions – Blue Gate Farm

Jalapenos – Z Farm (in Waukee)

Ranch and Italian dressing – Farmer’s Bootleg Salsa

Butternut squash – Lopata Gardens