Meeting Notes

January 19 th  LIFE 5b Meeting 6:00 pm at the Firehouse Mexican Bar and Grill in Red Oak Attendees: Jessa Bears, Shad Swanson, Laura Ferguson, Janine Johnson, Matt Johnson, Michelle Bacher (guest), Callie Hughes-Spencer (guest) Call to order at 5:55 pm Approved last month’s meeting minutes New Business S. Swanson reported that he will be taking a step back from LIFE 5b due to personal reasons. Shad is still planning to teach the Garden Planning Class in Clarinda on 1/24 and p

December 15 th  LIFE5b Meeting 6:00pm at Junction Café in Bedford Attendees: Jessa Bears, Shad Swanson, Laura Ferguson, Janine Johnson, Matt Johnson, Casey Gathje (guest) Call to Order at 6:07 pm. Farm to Table Meal Majority of the meeting was spent discussing the Farm to Table fundraiser dinner planned for July 2026. Julie Wagner had sent email with a lot of information in it, after she had a conversation with Phil from the Five One 8 in Red Oak. There are a lot of considera

November 17th LIFE5b Meeting 6:00pm at Breadeaux Pizza in Corning Attendees: Jessa Bears, Shad Swanson, Laura Ferguson, Michelle Bacher (guest) Call to Order at 6:47 pm. Approved last month’s minutes. Treasurer Report No updates. Fundraising Update J. Bears reported that LIFE5b received $55 from selling shirts at the Southwest Iowa Local Food Summit. S. Swanson is finishing up collecting statistics for the fundraising letter. Fundraising letters are planned to be sent out aro