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CBJ LIST Farmers markets in Johnson and Linn Counties JOHNSON COUNTY CORALVILLE 5-7 p.m. Mondays, May 8-Oct. 2 (No markets on Memorial Day, July 3 and Labor Day) Community Aquatic Center, 1513 Seventh St. Matt Hibbard, (319) 248-1750 www.coralville.org/farmersmarket IOWA CITY 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays and 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May 3-Oct. 28 Chauncey Swan parking ramp, 460 E. Washington St. Tammy Neumann, (319) 356-5210 www.icgov.org NORTH LIBERTY Northern Ridge Farm and Farmer’s Market 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May-October 2552 Cemetery Road NW, Oxford David and Penny Lacina (319) 331-4816 www.northernridgefarm.com Penn Landing Market, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays, May 7-Oct. 29 Pacha Parkway off Penn Street near Highway 965 Emily Roberts www.pennlandingmarket.org SWISHER 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, June 8-Oct. 26 Library lot at corner of Howard and Second streets Tawnia Kakacek at City Hall (319) 857-4539 www.swisheria.org UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays, mid-May through mid-September, University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Ave. Silvia Quezada, (319) 337-6900 www.university-heights.org LINN COUNTY CEDAR RAPIDS Czech Village Market 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays on June 10 and 24; July 8 and 22; Aug. 12 and 26, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 24, during CzechFest Czech Village; Jennifer Stewart, (319) 693-2043 www.czechvillagecedarrapids.com Lion Bridge Night Market 5-8 p.m. June 1 and Sept. 7; Lion Bridge Brewing Company parking lot, 59 16th Ave. SW; Quinton McClain, (319) 200-4460 www.lionbridgebrewing.com Noelridge Park 4-6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, (except holidays) May 1-Oct. 13, Collins Road and Council Street NE Teresa White, (319) 286-5699 www.cedar-rapids.org DOWNTOWN CEDAR RAPIDS 7:30 a.m.-noon June 3 and 17; July 1 and 15; Aug. 5 and 19; Sept. 2 and 16, and Market After Dark, evening of Saturday, Aug. 26 Second to Fourth avenues, between Second and Fifth streets SE Jenn Draper, (319) 398-5317 www.cedarrapids.org CENTER POINT 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays, June 7-Aug. 30 Bank Court cul-de-sac off Lewis Access Road; city hall (319) 849-1508 CENTRAL CITY 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, June 1-Oct. 5 Courtyard Park, S. Fifth Street; Main Street Office (319) 438-1761 ELY 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays and 4-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, May 6 through October Community Center, 1570 Rowley St. Theresa Grieder, (319) 848-3074 HIAWATHA 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays, April 30-Oct. 29 Guthridge Park parking lot at 10th Avenue Dawn Ewoldt, (319) 393-1515 www.hiawatha-iowa.com MARION 8-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, May 6-Sept. 30 Taube Park, 2200 31st St. Marion Parks & Recreation, (319) 447-3590 www.cityofmarion.org Uptown Marion Market 8 a.m.-noon June 10, July 8 and Aug. 12 and Fall Market from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 30 City Square Park, Seventh Avenue and 10th Street Marion Chamber of Commerce, (319) 377-6316 www.marioncc.org MOUNT VERNON 4-6 p.m. Thursdays, May 4-Sept. 28 next to the First Street Community Center, 221 First St. E Danielle Martin and Laura Strabala, (319) 310-4145 NewBo City Market Thursday night CSAs: 4-8 p.m. May through October; Saturday Outdoor Market: 8 a.m.-1 p.m., May through September 1100 Third Street SE, Cedar Rapids Taylor Bergen, (319) 200-4050 www.newbocitymarket.com 20 CBJ BALANCE - SUMMER 2017
COLUMN Investing in health protection When Mike Last looked into his microscope in the summer of 2013, he knew from his 32 years of laboratory experience that the parasite he saw was extremely rare. It only had been seen 10 times in Iowa in the previous 20 years. The discovery at the State Hygienic Laboratory turned out to be the first identification in the 2013 Cyclospora outbreak. This foodborne disease event ultimately sickened at least 643 people in 25 states with a U.S. Department of Agriculture-estimated cost of $2.3 million. Mr. Last’s experience represents just one of the relatively anonymous public health professionals who work behind the scenes to help limit the spread of disease through our nation’s disease surveillance system, which alerts of the incidence, identifies the strain of pathogens and tracks where cases occur. This cost was dwarfed that same year by Salmonella-related foodborne illnesses, which the USDA estimated to be $3.7 billion, reflecting health-care expenses and loss of wages. Economic studies also document the less obvious economic impacts on the food industry such as lower productivity, insurance premium increases, recalls, possible litigation and many others. One such study from Ohio State University found that the total economic burden of foodborne illnesses in the United States was Christopher Atchison Director of State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa and UI College of Public Health associate dean for Public Health Practice and clinical professor in health management and policy more than $77 billion in 2012. Limiting these costs is the responsibility of the public health system and its labs. In the investigation of the 2013 Cyclospora outbreak, the first essential step was to identify the specific organism that was causing it. The second was to identify the food product that spread it, which in this case was packaged lettuce. Until that link between the organism and the food product was found, consumer confidence was compromised, not only in the outlets that sold the contaminated lettuce but for all businesses that provided similar products. This achievement was noteworthy, but we can do even better. The public health laboratory system is in the process of implementing new scientific technologies that accelerate the time of identification. Labs have relied on pathogen identification methods developed in the 1990s. Today, public health labs are tapping into new technologies that can produce greater specificity in the identification of pathogens and quicker turnaround in investigations. The prospects are even better for interventions with emerging technologies that are opening the door to greater specificity in the identification of pathogens and quicker turnaround in investigations. For example, by using laser technology, we are able to reduce testing time, and with a technology known as Next Generation Sequencing, epidemiologists have much greater assurance of matches between sources of infection. Unfortunately, the need for these investments are under-recognized in the macro-level discussions about state and federal budgets. The promise of a better food surveillance system is enabled by funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and USDA, as well as state and local investments in personnel and resources. The population health benefits the public health programs such as disease surveillance and must be recognized and considered at the macro-level in discussions about federal and state budgets, which enable CDC and the other organizations in our national network. The most recent example was discussion about the future of the Affordable Care Act and the Prevention and Public Health Fund contained within the act and through which funding for disease surveillance is established. There was little understanding that fundamental public health capabilities were at risk during this debate. Public health and its laboratory system exist to protect the American public from disease and related economic impacts. Like the professionals who do its work, public health is often unrecognized in health care funding debates. Yet, the benefits of the system are responsible for much of our societies’ progress in improving life expectancy and well-being, as well as reducing the economic burden of disease. The example of food safety demonstrates this value and what we should require of any plan to achieve population health improvement. • CBJ BALANCE Your Online Solution For a fresh take on health care, wellness and well-being we offer this amazing online opportunity. Advertise in the Balance enewsletter and on the Balance website. We cover everything from local health care providers and facilities to emerging research on wellness, and includes a look at health care developments from around the web. Ohio State University found that the total economic burden of foodborne illnesses in the United States was more than $77 billion in 2012. Contact Andrea to get your business in your customer’s inbox today! 319.665.NEWS or andrea@corridorbusiness.com CBJ BALANCE - SUMMER 2017 21
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