Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship State Point of Contact: Mike Bevins, State Horticulturist Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Phone: (515) 242-5043 Email:
[email protected] Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill 12-25-B-1068 Final Performance Report December 26th, 2013 Iowa State Horticultural Society– Promoting and Encouraging Horticulture in Iowa – The All-Iowa Horticultural Exposition…………………………………………..…Final Report……3 Iowa State University – Budgets for Vegetable Crop Production in High Tunnels………………………………………... Final Report…..20 Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development – Iowa Valley Food Cooperative for East Central Iowa……………. Final Report…..38 Iowa Lakes Resource Conservation & Development – Iowa Great Lakes Specialty Crop Promotion and Education……..Final Report…..61 Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association – Optimizing the Cropping Potential and Profitability for Growing Scab-resistant Apple Cultivars in Conventional and Organic Systems ………………………………………………………….Final Report…78 Iowa Christmas Tree Growers Association – Assisting Growers in the Production of Iowa Fresh Christmas Trees………... Final Report…..109 Mississippi Valley Growers’ Association (MVGA) – MVGA Marketing Campaign……………………………….. Final Report…..111 1 Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship – Expanding Markets for Specialty Crop Producers through the Farm to School Program…………………………………… Amended Final Report…..113 Winneshiek County Agricultural Extension District on Behalf of the Northeast Iowa Food and Farm Coalition – Training Professionals to Provide Technical Assistance for Fruit and Vegetable Farmers in Food Safety Practices and GAP Certification…….... Final Report…..119 Practical Farmers of Iowa – Enhancing the Competitiveness of Specialty Crops Marketed through Community Supported Agriculture ……………………………………………………………...…Final Report…..126 Iowa State University – Farm to ISU: Increasing purchases of Iowa Specialty Crops at Iowa State University…………..