Restaurants and Bars:

Check-out www.amesbeat.com and www.ameseats.com for restaurants (and menus) in Ames. Or visit our recommendations, which include...

Stomping Grounds features a variety of local and organic ingredients. Even their eggs and ham are free
range organic. Plus, lot of their coffees are organice and/or fair trade. Their info:

Stomping Grounds
303 Welch Ave.
515.292.5258

The Cafe is much the same way, but more expensive:

2616 Northridge Pkwy
515.292.10100
www.thecafeames.com

Cafe Beaudelaire is cool for lots of reason, one of which is that it's the only place in town I know of
where you can get a grass finished hamburger. They're from Brazil, though. (The hamburgers, I mean.)
Anyway, lots of flavored coffees, international drinks, good food. Open mic nite on Wednesdays at 10.

2504 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA
(515)292-7429
www.cafebeau.com

Olde Main Brewing Company has great (and relatively cheap) in-house beers.
316 Main St
Ames, IA
(515)232-0553

Cafe Diem (coffee is not as good as Stomping Grounds, but the atmosphere is a little more relaxed)
323 Main St
Ames, IA
(515)956-3556


Groceries:

Wheatsfield Coop: a great natural foods store with plenty of local and/or organic items, from fresh produce and frozen meats, to bulk spices, teas, grains, legumes, cosmetics, etc.

413 Douglas Ave.
515.232.4094
www.wheatsfield.com

There's also John's Natural Foods
326 5th St
Ames, IA 50010
515.233.1280

And both Hy-Vees are stocking more and more local and organic products.

It's also good to know that ISU Dining is making a great effort to purchase local and sustainably
produced foods through the Farm to ISU program. Here's where to find info:

www.dining.iastate.edu/farm_to_ISU

Plus, there are lots of area CSAs, where you can purchase shares of produce from area farmers. One
good place to look is Farm to Folk (www.farmtofolk.com). Deliveries and pick-up take place at a church downtown.

Ames Farmers' Markets: http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M1811 (localharvest.org is, in itself, an awesome website).

Other places of note for sustainably produced edibles and drinkables:

Prairie Moon Winery grows their grapes organically and is just a cool place to visit.
3801 W 190th St
Ames, IA 50014
www.prairiemoonwinery.com

Picket Fence Creamery in Woodward has a great little store full of organic and grassfed dairy, beef, and
pork (as well as other area products). Plus, it's just a great place to go. They have 80 Jersey cows and
lots of cats. Meow.

14583 S Ave.
Woodward, Iowa 50276

www.picketfencecreamery.net

The ISU Student Organic Farm. It's located at the hort research station up just east of Gilbert. You
can volunteer, learn, and come home with lots of tasty veggies. Plus, there are community plots available
for cheap.

http://www.agron.iastate.edu/studentfarm/

Parks and nearby attractions:

Ames Parks and Trails -- http://www.storycounty.com/index.aspx?DN=390,15,6,1,Documents

And check out the following links:

http://www.inhf.org/events.htm

http://www.nwaea.k12.ia.us/en/upcoming_events/loess_hills_prairie_seminar/

http://www.storycounty.com/index.aspx?DN=394,390,15,6,1,Documents

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/nealsmith/

http://www.seedsavers.org/

(Thanks to Jenny O'Neill and others for providing the above information!)