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Local Food Alliance Initiatives
5B Resilience Gardens
A collaborative of community organizations, 5B Resilience Gardens increases home food production and community self-sufficiency through the sharing of knowledge, resources and food. The collaborative hosts year-round educational workshops and webinars, creates garden flags to showcase resilience gardens and acts as a key partner in various garden sites throughout the community. See page 64 to learn more.
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SPROUT Kits
Bilingual SPROUT Kits, distributed seasonally for free to hundreds of local families, encourage local kids to learn from and play with their food while increasing food literacy. A collaboration with local educators, youth gardening initiatives and the farm to early childhood education program, SPROUT Kits provide experiential learning opportunities. Local families can engage with seasonal eating and develop cooking and gardening skills. See page 65 to learn more.
Locally Grown Newsletter and Local Food Heroes
The monthly Locally Grown Newsletter features content from around our foodshed. Keep sourcing locally year-round by checking out the What’s Fresh section, read about area businesses supporting local food and more. Don’t miss the Local Food Heroes section, a celebration of those in our community who leverage food for healthier people, a stronger local economy and a cleaner environment. Subscribe to the newsletter at localfoodalliance.org.
2050 Food Vision
Local Food Alliance is implementing a shared vision for A Regenerative and Nourishing Food Future for Southern Idaho. The vision moves our region towards a system that regenerates natural resources, provides for our community and protects this area’s quality of place. See page 8 to learn more.
Wood River Valley Farmers Market Support
We provide crucial support to ensure the financial viability of our local markets, including the rapid funding and implementation of an online farmers market e-commerce platform in 2020 and coordination of a Friends of the Farmers Market community advisory and advocacy group.
