Choose Iowa event doubles participants

Tim Kenyon
Oct 1, 2026
7 hrs ago

Country View Dairy is one of this year’s Fall Crawl stops in northeast Iowa. The Choose Iowa event Oct. 9-10 features over 125 stops spotlighting farms, orchards, markets and farm-to-table restaurants.
Photo courtesy of Country View Dairy

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Agriculture businesses and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are settling final details for the second Choose Iowa Fall Crawl Oct. 9-10.

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