Iowa Valley Food Cooperative planned for Corridor region
The Iowa Valley Food Cooperative based in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City plans a web based system for farmers to offer fresh produce to co op members. The goal is year round operation by June, extending local markets without replacing farmers markets or CSAs.
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Iowa Valley Food Cooperative
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Jason Grimm
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development
Iowa Valley Food Co-op aims to link regional producers to markets
Iowa Valley Food Co-op plans to recruit producers from Linn Johnson and surrounding counties to sell through an online shopping cart. The system charges producers 10 percent of sales plus 10 percent from customers to cover costs, with a one time fee of 25 dollars for consumers and 75 dollars for producers. Members pick items online and pay online or at pickup, while volunteers sort orders for afternoon pickup. the co op does not own the product.
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Linn
Johnson
Iowa
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Tama
Poweshiek
Washington
Cedar
Jones
Grimm
Oklahoma
Des Moines
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Co-Op
Coop
Laura Krause
Abbe Hills Farm
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Man and boy escape car before train collision near Monona
Iowa State Patrol reports a 27 year old man Jimmy Kluesner and a 10 year old boy escaped a crashed car on ice before a train struck the vehicle on Hickory Avenue north of Froelich Road in Clayton County. Both were hospitalized with no condition details released as investigators work the scene.
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Clayton County
Iowa State Patrol
Jimmy Kluesner
Monona
Hickory Avenue
Froelich Road
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