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In observance of the annual Food Check-Out Week, Allamakee County Farm Bureau hosted its Food Check-Out Challenge at Quillin's Food Ranch in Waukon Wednesday, February 25. Teams of Waukon High School students representing the Little Switzerland FFA Chapter at Waukon High School and Allamakee County 4-H squared off in the Challenge, racing to gather items on their shopping list and return to the check-out counter in the shortest amount of time. The Allamakee County 4-H team won the challenge, but the real winner was the Allamakee County Food Shelf, which had a total of $227.53 in food items donated to it from the Challenge.

by Bob Beach

by Bob Beach

Corner of Hope, the local Foods Resource Bank (FRB) growing project, hosted the regional meeting of the Foods Resource Bank Saturday, February 21 at Zion United Church of Christ (UCC) in Waukon. Attendees of the meeting came from Conrad and area growing projects from all over northeast Iowa, as well as from Missouri and Illinois, and all were served lunch by the Zion UCC Women's Fellowship.

by Bob Beach

by Bob Beach

by Kelli Boylen
freelance writer

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

The Corner of Hope local growing project will be hosting a regional meeting of the Foods Resource Bank this Saturday, February 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon. The meeting is open to the general public, and local Corner of Hope organizers invite anyone to attend who would like to learn more about the program or who would like to participate in solving issues of world hunger and food security.
Saturday's regional meeting will feature an individual from Honduras whose family has directly benefited from the efforts of Foods Resource Bank and the Corner of Hope local growing project. He will be sharing with those in attendance what his family has learned from the program to help them gain food security.

Becky Rea has joined ISU Extension and Outreach as the K-12 Youth Outreach Coordinator for Allamakee County. Rea will focus on new delivery approaches including school-based and summer youth development programming.
Rea joins Morgan Heim in fulfilling outreach to Allamakee youth. Heim is responsible for coordination and support of the 4-H community clubs in the county.
Rea grew up in Independence and is a Buchanan County 4-H alumna. In addition to club activities and showing dairy cattle, she was active on the County and State 4-H Councils. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dairy Science from Iowa State University. She currently lives on a beef farm near Lansing with her husband, Matt, and daughter, Brinnly.
“I am excited to start as the new K-12 Program Coordinator for Allamakee County! Growing up in 4-H I know first-hand the opportunities the program has to offer and I am ready to explore these possibilities with today’s youth,” said Rea.