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Mindful Nourishment Matters

Mindful Nourishment Matters is our community outreach initiative to provide education and resources for eaters, home and community gardeners as well as creating local market demand for farmers. We found a need for more awareness and education around locally and sustainably grown foods and how it can impact our health, environment and local economy.

Our Initiatives

Community Garden

Food connects us—to the earth, to our health, and to each other. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of a new community garden at 701 E Montgomery Street in Knoxville, Iowa. This will be a shared space where neighbors can grow food, learn new skills, and build a stronger, healthier community.

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Community Outreach

Outward-facing efforts to educate our local community on issues that drive support of local, sustainable farms. Activities will include educational events, cooking classes, nutrition education, and showcasing local producers. We will highlight issues of food security, access, and how agricultural practices affect our nutrition and environment. Check out our events page for upcoming classes and workshops!

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Gathered Local Foods Market

Coming in June 2026, our first phase of making it easier to buy local foods is underway. We will be operating Gathered Local Foods Market as an online store with products like fresh produce, eggs, meat and cheese from local producers that can be picked up conveniently in one place each week. We are actively adding vendors and excited to open in early June!

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Food Hub

A Work in progress

Food hubs facilitate the aggregation, marketing and/or distribution of products from local farmers to consumers (households, retailers, restaurants, institutions, and wholesalers) by developing scale efficiency and improving distribution. We may also offer commercial processing space, equipment, expertise and resources to support business development and growth. We are actively engaging with other food hubs in Iowa and farmers to learn best practices we can employ and the specific needs of our area to make it as effective as possible once we launch.

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Food is Medicine programs

A Work in progress...

You are what you eat, right? We hope to develop local connections between food and healthcare to prevent and reduce chronic diet related disease.

Food is Medicine interventions include the provision of foods that support health, such as medically tailored meals or groceries, or food assistance, such as vouchers for produce. Our first target program is a food prescription program that would use a local CSA to provide weekly vegetable boxes to participating members along with health coaching and nutrition education.

While we work on this complex issue, check out our healthy local eating guides to start you on the path to a more nutrient dense diet.

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