May 15, 2007
Next Food Policy Council Meeting Scheduled
The next meeting of the Local Food Policy Council will be Tuesday June 12, 2007 at 7:00 pm at Adams-Brown Unit office of University of Illinois Extension, 330 South 36th Street, Quincy, IL.
Minutes from the last two meetings can be obtained from the Adams-Brown Unit's web site at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/adamsbrown/localgrown/downloads.html
Please join us as we have quite a few items to discuss at this next meeting. We hope to develop an organizational process where we can maximize the time and interest of all of those participating. We will hear an update about the community food assessment and we will identify those projects that we can work on NOW that will allow us to positively impact our local food system.
A teleconferencing system has been set-up for those who are interested. Please contact Brenda at 217-223-8380 or email at derrickb@uiuc.edu for specifics about using this system. Hope to see everyone there.
Posted by Brenda E. Derrick at 2:39 PM | Permalink |
May 7, 2007
Come Join Us at the Market...
...The Quincy Farmers Market that is. University of Illinois Extension in collaboration with the Quincy Farmers Market will be offering a variety of activities throughout this growing season to celebrate locally produced food. New this year will be University of Illinois Extension's presence at every Saturday farmers market. We begin this year on Saturday May 19, 2007 at Washington Park in downtown Quincy, IL. Look for our booth along with all the other vendors who come to the market. The activities will vary from week to week as the season progresses, but will include such events as:
- food demonstrations;
- gardening activities with kids;
- Ask the Master Gardener;
- selling of our Locally Grown canvas shopping bags;
- the latest information on canning, freezing, and pickling;
- schedules of other Locally Grown Events;
- nutrition activities with kids; and
- promotion of local farmers and businesses
Posted by Brenda E. Derrick at 2:55 PM | Permalink |
