CONTACT NAME Diane Weiland
EMAIL dianeweiland @ wallace. org
PHONE
OFFICE ADDRESS
TYPE OF WORK
COUNTIES
DESCRIPTION
HOW TO HELP
Wallace Centers of Iowa
CONTACT NAME Diane Weiland
EMAIL dianeweiland @ wallace. org
PHONE
515-243-7063
OFFICE ADDRESS
756 16th Street Des Moines, IA 50314
TYPE OF WORK
Community Based, Educational / School
COUNTIES
Adair Adams Cass Clarke Decatur
Greene Guthrie Madison Polk
Ringgold Taylor Union Warren
DESCRIPTION
The Wallace Centers of Iowa provides a variety of programs and services to build awareness of local food, sustainable agriculture, and civility. The Wallace Centers of Iowa serves both urban and rural communities with locations at the Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center in rural Orient and the Wallace House in Des Moines.
The Wallace Centers have several programs related to hunger and food issues:
Food for Thought combines locally-sourced dining with conversation about food. A local expert is often on hand each Thursday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm at the Wallace House in to discuss the week’ s theme.
Real Soil, Real Food, A Real Difference offers high school students an intensive exploration of today ' s food and sustainable agriculture issues with an independent project for change. In addition to studying critical food issues, each day they take part in team building, networking, physical activities, and field trips to food-related sites such as DuPont Pioneer, the Neely-Kinyon Research Farm, the World Food Prize, and Iowa State University.
One Step at a Time provides education, mentoring, support, expertise and commercial kitchen space for growers to create, test, process, package and market a new food product. Adding value to what small farmers grow insures additional income, year-round sales, and pride in a product that will be enjoyed throughout Iowa and beyond.
HOW TO HELP
Iowans can support the work of the Wallace Centers of Iowa through donations, volunteering, and by participating in their programs. For more information or to get involved with Real Soil, Real Food, A Real Difference or the One Step at a Time programs, contact Diane Weiland at 641-337-5019 or dianeweiland @ wallace. org. To make a reservations to attend a Food for Thought dinner, call 515-243-7063 or email deannebryce @ wallace. org.
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