Give the gift of local this year: we send this guide with the hope you’ll shop for locally sourced items from our 130 farmers and producers. Immediately below are some ideas, and further down are comments from members about their own gift selections. Enjoy!

(Shop at www.iowafood.coop until Sunday, December 14th, at midnight. Pick-up at five area locations on Thursday December 18th-20th.)

Gifts Under $30 (With many under $10!)

• From decorated sugar cookies to pecan sticky buns, savory artisan breads, pies and cakes galore, many under $10
• Infused oils + vinegars, dip mixes, dried herbs, and spice blends add local flavor to every dish, starting at $4.00
• Handmade pasta, dried heirloom beans, bread mix, and soup mix round out a local meal, starting at $3.50
• Local by the jar, whether salsa, jam, raw honey, flavored nut butter, or maple creme, starting at $4.25
• Impress the coffee connoisseur with Certified-Organic, custom-roasted coffees, starting at $13.99
• Soaps, lotions, lip balm, potpourri, and candles full of locally grown herbs and relaxing scents, starting at $3.50
• Popcorn, granola bars, spiced roasted nuts, gourmet toffee, flavored cheese + curds, and dried fruit are snacks worth giving, starting at $4.50
• Modern Charcuterie–grassfed beef sticks, capon sticks, summer sausage, jerky + strips, and canned, wild-caught Alaskan salmon, starting at $1.50
• Give the gift of health with Iowa grown apples, aronia berry concentrate, healing herbal tea blends, and craft fermented foods–kimchi to kombucha, starting at $5.00
• Dogs and cats like local, too; browse from-scratch cookies and treats, $5.00/package
• Brighten someone’s home or office with potted plants, orchids to poinsettias to fragrant herbs, starting at $3.50
• Share the love with an IFC gift certificate or gift membership, one size fits all

Member Picks