Go to market and grow Cedar Rapids Farmers Market expands rapidly
The Cedar Rapids Go to Market and Grow Iowa Farmers Market debuted with 40 plus vendors and four Saturdays. It grew to about 200 vendors and 1.3 million dollars in sales, drawing around 10 000 people last year and becoming one of the Midwest's largest events. The market adds interactive cooking demos main stage acts and festival activities with 15 000 attendees reported for a peak day. A new recycling program and a diversity celebration accompany season kickoff. Local food movement support and regional farmer markets growth are noted as Iowa ranks high in markets per capita. The piece advocates reconnecting with local agriculture and community through going to market.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Iowa
Liz Efting
Brian Lensch
Minneapolis
Tonya Trude
Robins
Victor's
Ues
NewBo City
Linn
Johnson Counties
Jack Dahm
The
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Creighton
Iowa City
Bill Heckroth Waverly
Cedar Rapids readers praise two hospitals and nurses
A letter from Kurt Maas Coggan commends Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital for superb care and nursing compassion during difficult post surgical moments. The writer also questions Medicare cuts and urges a capable coach to rescue Iowa baseball without removing the program.
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Cedar Rapidians
Mercy Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke's
Kurt Maas Coggan
Global warming debate and baseload energy views collide
The May 26 Gazette opinion discusses whether recent severe weather ties to climate change, notes fossil fuel burning and deforestation as contributors, and questions scientific consensus. A May 27 column argues for nuclear power and market-based peak pricing to address baseload and demand.
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McClatchy
Michael Crichton
Gazett
Wallace Taylor
Obama takes American Idol title on European tour
Irish and British press treat Barack and Michelle Obama as a royal spectacle during their European tour. Reporters, from William Rees-Mogg to Bryony Gordon, compare the president to Churchill and note mixed political reception in London and Dublin while celebrating style over substance.
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Michelle
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Winston Churchill
Lady Gaga
Ella Fitzgerald
Adam Smith
Smith
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Karl Marx
Daily Telegraph
Bryony Gordon
Secret Service
Michelle Obama
Hollywood
Obamas
Dublin
College
Green
Bush
George Washington
France
Telegraph
Andrew Gimson
United States
United Kingdom
Scotty McCreery
Ryan Seacrest
Angelo shifts on same sex marriage from foe to advocate
Former Iowa state senator Angelo, once a leading Republican opponent of a same sex marriage ban, now promotes Iowa Republicans for Freedom in Cedar Rapids. He urges GOP members to openly support marriage equity and believes conservatives should tolerate disagreement within the party. He cites polls showing broad acceptance of same sex marriage and calls for honest dialogue.
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Jeff Angelo
Creston
Appropriations Committee
Angelo
Iowa
Statehouse
Cedar Rapids
Equity
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