For over 25 years, bikes have been a part of Ira Ryan’s life either through riding, fixing or building them. Ryan is now the co-owner of …
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Field to Family Festival kicks off tonight
Autumn harvest is upon us and with it comes the 13th Annual Field to Family Festival, a weekend-long series of events that celebrates local foods and support programs like Farm to School and Local Food Finder.
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‘Startup Stories’ panel to kick off UI’s week-long ENTREdays celebration
Local entrepreneurs will discuss their successes and some of the lessons they have learned this evening during “Startup Stories,” a panel discussion held at the…
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Meet the Market: James Spring, woodcarver extraordinaire
James Spring has lived in the woods for 35 years. He grew up in nature, and now lives with his wife Jane in the timber near Burlington. Spring’s connection to nature is evident in his work: He creates intricate illustrations of birds and plant life and is known internationally for his carvings of birds.
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Meet the Market: Interview with Heart of my Home Granola’s Lindsey Helsper
Lindsey Helsper, owner of Heart of my Home Granola, was encouraged by a Brazilian foreign exchange student to sell her homemade goods at the farmers market. She…
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Meet the Market: Diane Volrath and Her Glass Flowers
Diane Volrath makes flowers out of stained glass which she sells at the Saturday Farmers Market in Iowa City, her studio in Camanche, Iowa, as well as 100 retail locations across the U.S. and Canada …
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Best Bite Challenge offers opportunity to jump-start West Liberty restaurant
Opening a restaurant takes a lot of work: picking the location, remodeling the building, meeting codes, signing contracts, designing a menu and taking a big hit…
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Meet the Market: Shanti Sellz of Muddy Miss Farms
Shanti Sellz moved back to Iowa in 2012 to start her own farm, Muddy Miss, located in Hills and is now in her third full growing season. In 2013 she partnered with …
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Interview: Sam Caster debuts Brass Ring Coffee at Iowa City Farmers Market
Sam Caster, a barista at Prairie Lights’ cafe, recently started a side project with his wife Emma: Brass Ring Coffee coffee stand. They debuted Brass Ring this week…
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Interview: Aaron Hall bakes some tasty-ass bread
About six years ago, at the age of 21, Aaron Hall began baking bread. He was inspired by the work of his brother, Austin Hall, and the fact that, in his opinion, there wasn’t any good bread around. He currently makes pizza at the Lincoln Wine Bar in Mount Vernon, where he uses the oven to bake bread for the restaurant and also Salt Fork Kitchen in Solon. He also helped start the Full Moon Cafe and recently began selling his bread twice a week at the Wine Bar.
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Steps toward a better world: Miriam Kashia marches to inspire others in the fight against climate change
On March 1, nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Port of Los Angeles to kick off the first ever Great March for Climate Action. Near the petrol…
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How offices and local technology meet-ups are reshaping the way Iowa City collaborates
On the east wall of the office hang paintings of ships with green seas and yellow skies. The opposite wall holds six brightly-colored abstract pieces that could…
