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Healthy Harvest North Iowa asks Floyd County for $3,200 to support local food education
Summary
Healthy Harvest North Iowa requested a $3,200 county contribution to sustain local food and farm education programs and to serve as matching funds for grants; the Board recorded the request for FY27 budget consideration.
Andrea Evelsizer, Executive Director of Healthy Harvest North Iowa, asked the Floyd County Board of Supervisors for $3,200 to support local food and farm education programming and stressed that county contributions act as matching funds for grant applications. She described 2025 activities including farmers market education, a Field Day at Cedar River Pizza Company, and support for eight local food businesses included in regional guides.
Evelsizer also noted growing collaboration with Charles City FFA through a Farm to School grant effort and said continued county support would strengthen the local food system. The Board recorded the request as part of FY27 budget reviews; no allocation vote was taken at the meeting.
