ANKENY, Iowa — Discover mealtime tips, family-friendly activities and behind-the-scenes farm and restaurant tours from the comfort of home with the new Iowa Food & Family Project (Iowa FFP) virtual learning series.
Videos will be produced and shared weekly to Iowa FFP audiences via Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and iowafoodandfamily.com. They’ll also be offered monthly to the more than 80,000 Iowa FFP Fresh Pickings e-newsletter subscribers.
“In the absence of our traditional in-person learning events this spring, we found a way to bring those experiences to audiences at home,” says Kelly Visser, ag awareness manager for the Iowa Soybean Association and coordinator of the Iowa FFP. “This video series gives viewers opportunities to continue exploring the state and making farm-to-fork connections in an authentic, fun way.”
The virtual learning opportunity launched in April with a kid-friendly lunchtime recipe courtesy of Cristen Clark, a pig, corn and soybean farmer and food blogger from Runnells.
It will continue through June. Topics to be featured include:
- Turkey farm tour with Stephanie Miller in Wayland
- Gardening tips with Earl May Nursery & Garden Center in Shenandoah
- Soybean and corn planting with Ethan Crow in Marshalltown
- Taste testing with AE Dairy in Des Moines
To submit questions, feedback or recommend ideas for the learning series, go to iowafoodandfamily.com/contact.
— Iowa Food & Family Project
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