The 2024 Fall Food Festival was a popular event for the whole community! About 150 people of all ages came together to sample local foods, learn from local producers, and celebrate Iowa Local Food Day! So many people expressed their appreciation for the return of this event, and judging from the smiles and positive comments, it will be back again in the future!
A huge thank you to the Membership & Communications Committee who spearheaded the event, board members and volunteers who helped make it happen, and UNI Local Food which helped connect us with vendors. It definitely took a team, and this one was just great!
Thanks also to the vendors who spent their time with us, sharing their passion for their products: Country View Dairy, Englebrecht Farm, The Real Artistic Farmer, JR Greens LLC, Hockey’s Smokehouse, thinkwell. Coffee, We Arose, Petit Green Giants, UNI Local Food, Varda Farm, Iowa Miso, Marks Angus Farm, Ooh La La Crêpes, and BBQ Brazil.
We enjoyed music from Addison Payne and Matthew Bancroft-Smithe, and door prize donations from Blueridge Orchard, Ooh La La Crêpes, MKKrafts, Woolly Bear Works, lahiccup, and several members added even more to the event. And, of course, Rooty the Rooted Carrot joined the fun as well.