By Pete Woltz, IFC Board President
On behalf of the Board and all of the IFC producers, I would like to THANK everyone who purchased products during our December cycles. Give yourselves a hearty round of applause. Your coop exceeded its budgeted revenue by nearly 20% and realized one of the IFC’s best months ever!
Contributing to the surge was a large listing of nearly 1100 products. Producers, please take a bow for providing a remarkably wide range of products for a winter month. In addition to our staple of delicious baked goods, home grown meats, eggs, and cheese, we continued to see fall favorites like Swiss chard, kale, spinach, potatoes, carrots, apples, and rutabagas. New products included pasta and artisan bacon. Really, IFC producers are the greatest!
Board News
The Board met December 17th and was introduced to our new IFC home page. Slideshow graphics and bulleted features are designed to more clearly demonstrate the IFC experience to first time visitors. This is important because Kelly Tagtow and the Marketing committee are launching a ‘Trial Membership’ campaign in select locations such as health clubs, restaurants, and churches. We anticipate many new visitors to our site in the near future.
Keep an eye on the new products in the upcoming months. The Producers committee chairwoman, Shanen Ebersole, is aggressively reaching out to area producers offering unique products. Is there a product you would like to see listed? Let us know at info@iowafood.coop.
The one thing we all have in common as members of the IFC is a passion for food. We love to eat the area’s best locally grown foods and we love to COOK the area’s best locally grown foods. It only stands to reason, then, that among our ranks are some really good chefs. Lisa Bean is on a crusade, as chairwoman of the Consumers committee, to expose our membership’s culinary expertise in the form of a Chef’s Blog. Do you have a favorite recipe? Let us know at info@iowafood.coop.
What would a first board meeting be without a group picture?
From left to right are Lisa Bean, Carrie Cook, Dan Beougher, Shanen Ebersole, Pete Woltz and, Joe Monahan. Not shown are Kelly Tagtow and Carrie Williams
The new board officers include myself as President, Shanen Ebersole as VP of Producers, Lisa Bean as VP of Consumers, Carrie Cook as Treasurer, Carrie Williams as Secretary, and Kelly Tagtow as VP of Marketing.
Shop the IFC!
Let’s go for another record month in January. Treat yourself to the best local food on the planet. The cart is open.
Pete Woltz
President