Local Food Organizations

We are fortunate in Johnson County to have several organizations whose work intersects with the food system. Visit their websites to learn more about their work and find job and volunteer opportunities!

If your local foods organization is not reflected on this list and you would like it to be, please contact [email protected]

Local and Regional

Backyard Abundance

Bur Oak Land Trust

Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa

Coralville Community Food Pantry

CommUnity Food Bank

Feed Iowa First

Field to Family

Food Pantry at Iowa

IC Compassion

Indian Creek Nature Center

Iowa City Farmers Market

Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development (IVRC&D)

Linn County Food Systems Council

North Liberty Community Pantry

Table to Table 

University of Iowa Student Organizations

 

Statewide

FoodCorps

Green Iowa AmeriCorps

Iowa Hunger Coalition

Iowa Farmers Union

Iowa Food System Coalition

Iowa Young Farmers Coalition

ISU Extension and Outreach Food and Farm Enterprise Development (FFED)

Local Food Healthy Kids

Practical Farms of Iowa

Regional Food Systems Working Group of Iowa

Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT)

Women Food and Agriculture Network

 

Job Opportunities

Local Food Assistant; Johnson County

 

Farm to School and Early Care VISTA; Iowa State Farm, Food, and Enterprise Development

 

Communications and Development VISTA; We Arose

 

Business Education Manager; Iowa Valley RC&D

 

Value Chain Manager; Iowa Valley RC&D

 

Service Member Recruitment Coordinator; FoodCorps

 

Writer and Grant Manager; FoodCorps

 

Director of Prospect Research and Management; FoodCorps

 

Field Crops Outreach Coordinator - Northern Iowa; Practical Farmers of Iowa

 

Field Crops Outreach Coordinator - Southern Iowa; Practical Farmers of Iowa

 

Grants Manager; Practical Farmers of Iowa

 

Food Rescue Dispatcher/Driver; Table to Table

 

Operations Associate; Field to Family

 

Wanate Farm Operations Manager; Feed Iowa First

 

Food Access Coordinator; Feed Iowa First

 

Board Member Application; Bur Oak Land Trust

 

2024 Mentor Application; Women Food & Ag Network

 

2024 Mentee Application; Women Food & Ag Network