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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 present at the...

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 considerations LIFE5b...

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 around December 1 st...