Guest post: Iowa needs to stop ignoring our clean water crisis
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources needs to come clean about our dirty water.
Dec
2024
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FARMING
Nov
2024
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11,400 Iowa workers laid off in agriculture economy downturn
Yesterday, the Iowa Farm Bureau actually quantified those losses for the state's vast, 385,000-person agriculture workforce. And it's not good.
Nov
2024
18
Guest post: With cancer on the rise, it’s Iowans’ health vs. chemical companies
We’re in for a big fight next year that will pit multinational chemical companies and their billion-dollar profits against the health and well-being of everyday Iowans.
Oct
2024
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Guest post: Iowa electeds siding with corporate interests on new Farm Bill
By siding repeatedly with corporate agribusiness on the Farm Bill reauthorization and not sticking up for family farmers, Iowa’s congressional representatives have let us down.
Aug
2024
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Guest Post: We need a transparent livestock market to save family farms
Family farmers I know say we’ve been under the thumb of corporate ag bosses and the big meatpackers for too long. Political affiliation doesn’t seem to matter—they all agree something needs to be...
Jul
2024
23
Immigrant Iowans, major ag workforce, wonder if they should stay here
by Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America Leer en español Having spent more than half her life in Waterloo, Iowa, she has built a life here. It’s where she met her husband and...
Jul
2024
12
Gov. Reynolds announces programs to fund recovery for victims of state floods, tornados
Following a summer of disastrous floods and tornadoes, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced multiple new programs to help impacted farmers and citizens recover from damages. “We've all seen the photos of...
Jul
2024
3
Coalition proposes radical solution to food insecurity: Iowa farmers
The Iowa Food System Coalition wants to work with Iowa farmers to convince more of them to switch from commodity farming in an effort to boost farm-to-table food offerings. Food insecurity in...
Jun
2024
4
Kalbach: The House’s draft Farm Bill is a gift for corporate ag
Farm Bill draft neglects families and independent farmers After months of delay, the Farm Bill is finally moving in Congress. The House Agriculture Committee passed its draft of the 2024 Farm...
May
2024
14
Iowa legislators benefit from government subsidies while blocking assistance to others
About a fourth of the 150-person Iowa Legislature benefits from some form of farm subsidies. Here's who they are and how much they are getting from the federal government.
