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How Prairie Made Iowa
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Iowa, Farming and Cancer: What Do We Really Know?
Apr 21, 2026
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USDA, Beginning Farmers, and Broken Promises
Apr 7, 2026
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Can Restaurants Transform Iowa into a Farm-to-Table Mecca?
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Iowa Restaurants, Broadliners, and Meh Food
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/5/26 |  How Prairie Made Iowa✨ | prairie restorationecosystem services+3 | Nicholas Lirio | Hocksey Native SeedIowa Food System Coalition+2 | — | prairieIowa+5 | — | 12m 02s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Iowa, Farming and Cancer: What Do We Really Know?✨ | cancer ratesagriculture+4 | Audrey Tran LamDavid Cwiertny+1 | Center for Energy & Environmental EducationUniversity of Northern Iowa+4 | — | cancerIowa+5 | — | 17m 46s | |
| 4/7/26 |  USDA, Beginning Farmers, and Broken Promises✨ | farmingUSDA funding+5 | Lawrencia Rogers | USDAIowa Valley RC&D+1 | IowaJohnson County Historic Poor Farm | USDAfunding+7 | Iowa Food System Coalition | 13m 17s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Can Restaurants Transform Iowa into a Farm-to-Table Mecca?✨ | farm-to-tablerestaurants+5 | Suman HoqueJill Beebout+4 | HoQFlora+5 | — | agriculturefarm-to-table+6 | Iowa Food System Coalition | 14m 28s | |
| 3/10/26 |  Iowa Restaurants, Broadliners, and Meh Food✨ | Iowa foodrestaurant evolution+3 | Suman HoqueFlora+2 | HOQBlue Gate Farm+1 | Des Moines, IowaChariton, Iowa | Iowa restaurantsfood quality+3 | Iowa Food System Coalition | 12m 04s | |
| 2/23/26 |  A Triple Win For Iowa✨ | SNAP benefitsfood assistance+4 | — | SNAPDouble Up Food Bucks | Iowa | SNAPDouble Up Food Bucks+6 | — | 9m 13s | |
| 2/9/26 |  Healing From the Ground Up✨ | food as medicinesoil health+3 | Shaffer RidgewayTommy Hexter+1 | Natural Resources Conservation ServiceIowa Food System Coalition | IowaCedar Falls | food as medicinesoil health+3 | — | 9m 08s | |
| 1/26/26 |  A 160+ Year Family Legacy✨ | family legacyagriculture+3 | Todd Western III | Iowa Farmers of ColorGreater Twin Cities United Way+1 | Mahaska County | family legacyagriculture+3 | — | 10m 53s | |
| 1/12/26 |  Inspiration comes in all forms✨ | food systemsustainability+4 | — | Iowa Food System CoalitionIowa Valley RC&D | — | food systemsustainability+5 | — | 10m 32s | |
| 11/17/25 |  Chickenizing the American food system✨ | chickenizationagriculture+4 | Christopher Leonard | The Harkin InstituteGrimm Family Farm+3 | — | chickenizationpoultry+5 | — | 20m 38s | |
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| 11/3/25 |  Here's the beef (on beef)✨ | cattle farmingsustainable meat+3 | Amanda Severson | Iowa Food System CoalitionWhippoorwill Creek Farm+1 | Iowa | beefcattle+4 | — | 35m 00s | |
| 10/20/25 |  Raise More Hell and Less Corn | What’s going on in farm country?China, which normally buys half of America’s soybean crop, hasn’t bought a bean. Corn prices are dragging below the cost of production. Wheat and hogs? Also in the tank.Across the Midwest, people are whispering—and in some cases shouting—that we might be headed for another farm crisis, the likes of which Iowa last saw in the 1980s.To get perspective, I turned to Sarah Vogel. She’s an attorney, advocate, and author of The Farmer’s Lawyer, the memoir that chronicles the landmark Coleman v. Block class action lawsuit. As a young lawyer and single mother in the 1980s, she took on the federal government on behalf of 240,000 farmers facing foreclosure.Later, she made history again as the first woman ever elected Commissioner of Agriculture in the United States, serving two terms in North Dakota.After five decades fighting for farmers, Vogel’s perspective on this moment cuts through the noise. We talk about what she’s seeing on the ground, how federal policy is failing rural America, and what it takes to keep fighting for a fair food system.At the Iowa Farm Table is brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition. We invite you to stay connected to the latest in Iowa’s food system news: subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite!Edited by Mallory DeVries. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 10m 45s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  The Key to Ecological Healing | In recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day (October 13th in Iowa), we hear from two Indigenous women residing in Iowa and learn how shifting our perspective can help bring us back into balance with the natural world. Featured Voices* Marianna G. M. Cota, MPH — Ecologist, dreamweaver, heartist, disruptor, folklorist, and public health scholar with Yoeme/Yaqui, Kapampangan/Filipino, and Mexican lineage. Marianna is the dreamer behind INDIGENEXUS, inviting others to develop and maintain relationships with the creative and spiritual aspects of their being.* Zine: Beauty All Around Us, a community-led project featuring indigenous youth perspectives.* Sikowis Nobiss, BA, MA — Founder of Great Plains Action Society, which addresses the trauma that Indigenous Peoples and the Earth face through community engagement, civic engagement, mutual aid, rematriation, and healing justice.* Nobiss works closely with the Honor Native Land Fund, an opportunity for non-Native people living in the Midwest to contribute to the rematriation of land to Indigenous stewardship. Through supporting land return, participants in HNLF acknowledge that we live on Indigenous homelands while taking practical steps toward repair. * You can also join the Decolonial Repair Network to dive deeper.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa’s food system news. Subscribe to the Iowa Food System Coalition’s newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Never miss a bite!🎧 Produced by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by Mallory DeVries. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 12m 03s | ||||||
| 9/22/25 |  Who Benefits from Iowa’s School Lunch Dollars? | Iowa schools spend millions feeding kids — in effect, they’re the largest restaurants in the state. But here’s the catch: most of those tax dollars don’t stay in Iowa. When food is trucked in from across the country and contracts go only to national corporations, local farms and rural communities lose out.In this replay of our very first episode, we dig into the real economics of school lunch. You’ll hear how the now-defunded Local Food for Schools program changed what ended up on kids’ trays, why school districts’ purchasing power shapes what farmers grow, and what’s at stake in bills like HF 851 and SF 525. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 13m 49s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 |  Food Grows Iowa: A Vision for a Diverse Midwest | Iowa’s food system has been engineered into sameness. This episode explores how diversification—of crops, markets, and farmers—could reshape the Corn Belt and prove that Food Grows Iowa. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 13m 45s | ||||||
| 8/25/25 |  4 IDEAs to Help Our Nitrate Problem | Iowa’s nitrate levels have hit historic highs, forcing lawn watering bans, swim advisories, and costly cleanups. A new report — the Central Iowa Source Water Research Assessment (CISWRA) — confirms what many Iowans already know: agriculture is driving the problem, and solutions can’t wait.So what can you do about a challenge this big?In this episode, host Beth Hoffman sits down with Dr. Adam Shriver, Director of Wellness and Nutrition at the Harkin Institute and leader with the Iowa Food System Coalition, to break down four concrete steps we can all start taking today.💡 The acronym is IDEA:* Inform — Learn the facts about water quality and share them in your community. Join groups already working on solutions.* Discover — Use free nitrate test kits to map water contamination through citizen science.* Eat — Support diverse, local farms by buying food directly from farmers and food hubs. Every purchase builds viable markets for change.* Ask — Landowners: include conservation practices in leases to protect soil and water for the long term.These aren’t quick fixes, but they’re real actions that create momentum for cleaner water, healthier communities, and stronger farms.🔗 Resources* CISWRA Report* Executive Summary* Additional Resources & Recordings* Izaak Walton League – Nitrate Watch program* Request a Kit* Iowa Food System Coalition* Setting the Table for All Iowans plan* Environmental Stewardship Chapter* Water Quality Groups* Practical Farmers of Iowa* Iowa Farmers Union* Iowa CCI* Iowa Environmental Council📬 Got an IDEA of your own? Share it with us! What’s happening in your corner of Iowa that can inspire others to keep going?Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite!Thank you to Adam Shriver. Mallory DeVries edited. Meghan Holloran assisted media production. Music by Chris Schwartz and Lobo Loco. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 15m 35s | ||||||
| 8/11/25 |  Iowa State Fair Showdown: Small, Squeaky, and Delicious | Cheese curds. Goat cheese. Ice Cream. Beverages.At the Iowa State Fair, the Iowa Quality Dairy Products Competition showcases the best dairy products in the state, from small family creameries to large-scale brands that are investing in Iowa.In this episode, we follow Heather Moore of Moore Family Farms in Maquoketa as she enters her cheese curds in one of the fair’s most competitive categories. We go behind the scenes at Iowa State University for judging day, hear from founder Stephanie Clark on how Iowa’s dairy industry is growing at both ends of the spectrum, and find out what this contest reveals about the future of farming in our state.Featured Voices* Heather Moore – Dairy farmer and cheesemaker at Moore Family Farms in Maquoketa, Iowa.* Stephanie Clark – Iowa State University Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition; founder of the Iowa Quality Dairy Products Competition.* Danielle Christofferson – Production Manager at the Iowa State Creamery and organizer of the dairy competition.Dairy Competition WinnersCultured Products* Hinterland Dairy Quark - Original* Hinterland Dairy Quark - Garlic & Herb* Woods, Zach French Onion DipCheese Curds* WW Homestead Dairy - White Cheddar Cheese Curds* Hinterland Dairy - Original Curds* WW Homestead Dairy - Pizza White Cheddar Cheese CurdsCow Milk Cheese* Hinterland Dairy - Hoppin' Jalapeno Cheddar* WW Homestead Dairy - Chipotle Morita* Hinterland Dairy - Brooks Place Aged Alpine CheddarGoat Milk Cheese* Korver, Justin - Cranberry Spice Swirl* Smith, Diana - Chevre* Smith, Diana - CheddarDairy Beverages* Country View Dairy - Chocolate Whole Milk* Woods, Zach - 1% Buttermilk* Woods, Zach - 36% Heavy Whipping CreamIce Cream/ Gelato* Country View Dairy - Muddy Buddy Frozen Yogurt* Korver, Justin - Wildberry Lemonade* Korver, Justin - ChocolateBest of ShowCountry View Dairy - Muddy Buddy Frozen YogurtStay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite!Make the Iowa Local Food PromiseJoin Iowans across the state in committing a portion of your food budget to food grown right here in Iowa. The Iowa Local Food Promise is a simple way to support local farmers, strengthen our communities, and keep fresh, nutritious food on our plates. Make the Promise →Very special thanks this week to Danielle Christofferson, Stephanie Clark, Heather Moore, and the judges at ISU. Mallory DeVries edited. Meghan Holloran assisted media production. Music by Chris Schwartz and Lobo Loco. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 11m 07s | ||||||
| 7/28/25 |  What Sweet Corn Tells Us About Iowa’s Appetite for Change | It starts showing up in parking lots and roadside stands around July. People rearrange their schedules to get it while it’s fresh. They stand in line, drive miles out of their way, and plan weekend gatherings around it. Some boil. Some grill. Some freeze a dozen bags for winter. Everyone has their way.It’s inconvenient. More labor-intensive than most foods we buy. And still, Iowans go out of their way for it, year after year.In this episode, we dig into the literal, emotional, and cultural layers of Iowa’s sweet corn obsession. We trace its history from Indigenous cultivation to a heyday of nearly 60 canning plants across the state. We hear how sweet corn helped one family farm stay afloat during the 1980s farm crisis. And we explore what its enduring popularity reveals about what eaters are willing to do (and spend) for food they believe in.With voices from the field—including longtime growers, young pickers, and food historian and author Darcy Maulsby—we ask: Could sweet corn be a gateway to a broader shift? One that reconnects Iowans to the land, to local food, and to one another?Featured Voices* Darcy Maulsby, author of A Culinary History of Iowa* Dan Denison, Dan-D Farms (Knoxville, IA)* Mallory DeVries, Healthy Harvest of North IowaResources* Grow. Eat. Play. Local Food Recipes & Resources* Sweet Corn Recipes, Healthy Harvest of North Iowa* Iowa State University Ag HistoryMake the Iowa Local Food PromiseJoin Iowans across the state in committing a portion of your food budget to food grown right here in Iowa. The Iowa Local Food Promise is a simple way to support local farmers, strengthen our communities, and keep fresh, nutritious food on our plates. Make the Promise →Story SponsorSpecial thanks to Healthy Harvest of North Iowa—not only a sponsor, but an IFSC partner in this story and the broader food system work. Together, we’re connecting the dots between producers, markets, and the people they feed.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 11m 53s | ||||||
| 7/14/25 |  What's in the Box? The "Health" of Healthy Kids Iowa | In 2024, Governor Kim Reynolds made headlines when she declined $29 million in federal funding for Summer EBT (also known as SUN Bucks)—a proven program that helped feed nearly 250,000 Iowa kids each summer. Instead, the state applied for a waiver to pilot its own approach: Healthy Kids Iowa. While that waiver was denied under the previous administration, it gained approval this year under USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins.In this episode, we unpack what Healthy Kids Iowa looks like on the ground. We speak with pantry leaders, parents, and advocates to understand how this new model is actually playing out across Iowa. Has it truly expanded access and autonomy? How is it working for the volunteers and pantries tasked with distribution? Are families receiving food in ways that meet their needs?And—importantly—what’s in the box?Featured Voices* Missy Loux, First Lutheran Food Pantry* Christina Romp, Healthy Kids Iowa recipient* Paige Chickering, Save the Children Action NetworkDig Deeper* Map the Meal Gap (Feeding America)* Summer EBT: Nutritious Food For Iowa’s Kids (Iowa Hunger Coalition)* I am thrilled to announce with Secretary Rollins Iowa’s new summer food program, Healthy Kids Iowa! (Governor Kim Reynolds)* SNAP Map (Iowa Hunger Coalition)Take ActionIowa families deserve access to fresh, healthy food and the ability to choose what works best for them. Here’s how you can support real solutions to summer hunger:* Urge lawmakers to reinstate Summer EBT in 2026: This proven, efficient program helped feed nearly 250,000 Iowa kids each summer. It’s time to bring it back.* Support Double Up Food Bucks: This statewide program matches SNAP dollars spent on fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and grocery stores—making healthy food more affordable while supporting Iowa farmers.* Build your advocacy skills* Join the Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) for their Iowa State Advocacy Summit on Saturday, July 26 in Des Moines. This free event brings together advocates from across the state to learn about the issues facing children and families in Iowa—and how to speak up for solutions that work. Register >* Explore IFSC’s Legislative Priorities: From food access to farm resilience, learn what the Iowa Food System Coalition is advocating for and how you can get involved. Learn More>* Come see us at the Iowa Hunger Summit! This Wednesday, July 16, we’re hosting a breakout session: Networking Iowa’s Community-Based Food Groups (Co-hosted by Center for Rural Affairs, Iowa Farmers Union, and IFSC).* Make the Iowa Local Food Promise—Join the Iowa Food System Coalition by pledging a portion of your food budget to be spent on local food this summer.* Share this episode with your friends, family, and neighbors.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite!Special thanks to Christina Romp, Paige Chickering, Missy Loux, and Luke Elzinga. Mallory DeVries edited. Music by Chris Schwartz and Lobo Loco. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 14m 53s | ||||||
| 6/30/25 |  This Is Why We Can’t Have Clean Water | Nitrate levels in Des Moines' drinking water are hitting historic highs. The city just issued its first-ever lawn watering ban, and rural communities are struggling too. What’s going on?In this episode, we revisit that grade school water cycle diagram—then rip it up. Because the reality in Iowa is very different. Think monocrops, fertilizer runoff, and millions of acres of buried tile lines rerouting water away from where it needs to go.We talk with Iowa’s State Geologist Keith Schilling and Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman about how industrial ag broke the natural flow of water—and we can help fix it. It’s not just about science. It’s about systems.And yes, you can do something. Starting with what’s on your plate.Voices* Keith Schilling: State geologist and director of the Iowa Geological Survey* Aaron Lehman: Farmer and President of the Iowa Farmers Union (Disclosure: Host Beth Hoffman is a member of the Iowa Farmers Union Board of Directors)Nitrate Watch MapNitrate Watch is a crowd-sourced community science project of the Izaak Walton League of America. This program mobilizes volunteers across the country to monitor nitrate levels in surface water (rivers, lakes, streams) and drinking water. The goals of Nitrate Watch are to raise awareness about the impacts of nitrates on the environment and human health, identify hotspots of nitrate pollution, and advocate for solutions that reduce nutrient pollution. Interactive Map >Dig Deeper* Fertilizer sales rose in 2024, but researchers say farmers are getting more efficient* Nitrate in Drinking Water: A Public Health Concern for All Iowans (Iowa Environmental Council)* Iowans Across the State Asked To Conserve Water Due to Dry Wells-High Nitrate Levels (Iowa Capital Dispatch)* Excess fertilizer use: Which countries cause environmental damage by overapplying fertilizers? (Our World in Data)* Can we reduce fertilizer use without sacrificing food production? (Hannah Ritchie)* Over-application of Fertilizer on Iowa’s Farm Fields – Although Fertilizer is Expensive, Farmers are Indeed Wasting It (Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter)* How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowas Main Water Sources (Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty)* Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review* Are central Iowa's growing data centers causing the water crisis? Here's what to know* Clean Water Act History* Watch recordings from workshops hosted by the Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) explored what actions can be taken on several levels to address the nitrogen contamination problem. Watch Now>Take Action* Make the Iowa Local Food Promise—Join the Iowa Food System Coalition by pledging a portion of your food budget to be spent on local food this summer.* Press your legislators to fund conservation programs and support diversified farming practices—technical assistance is stretched too thin right now. Our partners at the Iowa Environmental Council supports policy change to:* Expand state water monitoring, including groundwater monitoring.* Improve state and local water use and hazard mitigation planning.* Institute restrictions on industrial water use and siting.* Share this episode with your friends, family, and neighbors. Talking about water is urgent and now, it's personal.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite!Special thanks to Keith Schilling and Aaron Lehman for sharing their expertise, and to Mallory DeVries and Chris Schwartz for editing. Music by Mixxmaster_TAB. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 14m 30s | ||||||
| 6/16/25 |  Why Local Food Feels (and Is) Different | "Local food" is a popular idea. But why is it important to buy food grown locally? In this episode, we dive deeply into what local food really means and why it matters more than you might think. Spoiler alert: it has a lot to do with your health. But, it goes beyond nutrition. From farmers markets in small towns to food science labs, we explore how the way food is grown affects its flavor, nutrition, and even your connection to the people who grew it. It isn’t just fresher… it’s personal. It’s political. And it’s packed with potential.You can put your dollars where your values are.Resources* Iowa Local Food Promise—Join the Iowa Food System Coalition by pledging a portion of your food budget to be spent on local food this summer.* The Bionutrient Institute’s Beef Study* What Does “Local” Really Even Mean?—Healthy Harvest of North Iowa’s Grow. Eat. Play. explores the question.* Food, Nutrition, & Health—Explore IFSC’s chapter on the connection between local foods and wellbeing.Subscribe for free to receive At the Iowa Farm Table straight to your inbox.Featured Voices* Ashley Kaldenberg—KaldenBlooms—Albia, Iowa* Dr Stephan van Vliet—a nutrition scientist with metabolomics expertise in the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. His research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between agricultural production methods, the nutrient density of food, and human health. His work has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Scientific Reports, the Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of Physiology.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 10m 17s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 |  Iowa's Food Banks and Pantries | For this episode we visited our partners at the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) food pantry network, where collaboration, data collection, and advocacy are changing how food insecurity is understood and addressed. We hear how local pantries work, who they serve, and why even in a state known for agriculture, one in four Iowans is struggling to access enough food.This episode also examines how cuts to programs like LFPA and the underfunding of Iowa’s Choose Iowa Purchasing Pilot threaten progress that supports both farmers and families.Resources* Food insecurity rises in Iowa; 385,000 residents face hunger* Iowa SNAP Work Rules* How SNAP cuts will impact your stateVoices in this episode:* Helen Bell – DMARC pantry volunteer* Blake Willadsen – Communications Manager, DMARC* Luke Elzinga – Policy and Advocacy Director, DMARC and Chair of the Iowa Hunger CoalitionCall to Action:Food insecurity doesn’t start or end at the pantry door. We need policies that address the root causes of hunger — and investments that connect Iowa farmers directly to Iowa families.* Support organizations like DMARC and the Iowa Hunger Coalition.* Share this episode to help spark conversations about real solutions to food insecurity.* Stay engaged as an advocate for policies that value both people and local food producers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 12m 21s | ||||||
| 5/19/25 |  Immigrants and the Food Chain | So much of the food we eat is grown, processed, and prepared by people we rarely see. Many of them are immigrants and refugees. In this episode, we hear from Iowans whose lives and work are deeply woven into the fabric of our food system and explore what it means to search for safety, stability, and opportunity in a country that sends mixed messages.Thanks for listening to the At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes to your inbox.Voices* Alex – aspiring farmer and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo* Valerie Lacarte – Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute* Maria Torres – community leader, Pottawattamie County Public Health* Yves Fleurima – Haitian immigrant and advocate, WaterlooResources* Latinos in Iowa, 2024 - Iowa Data Center* Migrants in Iowa - Migrant Policy Institute* The Essential Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Supply Chain (infographic) - Migrant Policy Institute* The Hidden Costs of Trump's Mass Deportations -Wall Street Journal (Video)* State Immigration Profiles: Iowa - Migrant Policy InstituteAbout Our Labor Equity TeamThe Iowa Food System Coalition’s Labor Equity team is working to strengthen Iowa’s food system workforce through skill-building, fair compensation, and safe, equitable work environments. Our goal is to uplift ALL workers; especially those historically impacted by unjust labor policies and to ensure that every job in the food system is a job worth having.Dig DeeperIowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker’s demand for confidential information | AP NewsAmid fear and nonprofit closure, immigrants need services in Pottawattamie County | KMTV OmahaPottawattamie County Public Health’s Maria Torres Honored with Awards for Community Impact | Pottawattamie County Public Health‘We are not illegal humans’: Hundreds march in Iowa City in support of immigrants | Little Village MagazineStay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 13m 19s | ||||||
| 5/5/25 |  Adding Value on Iowa's Farms | Listen Now | What does it mean to add value on the farm and why does it matter? In this episode, we explore how Iowa farmers are going beyond raw products to create products that feed their communities, build resilience, and keep more food dollars close to home.This kind of work is getting a boost from the Choose Iowa Value-Added Grant Program, which recently awarded $463,000 to farmers and food businesses across the state. That funding is expected to spark over $1 million in local investment. Demand for the program beat funding 4-to-1, showing just how many great ideas are waiting in the wings. That’s why we’re pushing to grow the program and back every bold step Iowa farmers want to take.🎧 Like what you hear? Subscribe to At the Iowa Farm Table and bring more local food stories to your ears.VoicesJeff Hafner—Early Morning HarvestMark Westbrock—Solstice Farm and Paha CiderSavanah Laur—Practical Farmers of IowaReferencesIowa State researchers help lead multistate project for a more diverse Corn Belt—Iowa State UniversitySecretary Naig Awards 33 Choose Iowa Value-Added Grants—Official State of Iowa WebsiteUSDA Food Dollar Series—Note: The Food Dollar shows the farm share at 15.9 cents of the dollar. In an email exchange with Beth Hoffman, USDA clarified that half that amount is spent by farmers on inputs (seed, herbicides, etc), leaving farmers with only 8 cents of every dollar.Music* Mom n' Pa by Beat Mekanik - licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.* Coalition Call by Chris Schwartz IFSCStay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa's food system news. Subscribe to our newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. Sign up today and never miss a bite! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 10m 40s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 |  Drenched in Chemicals | Listen Now | In 2012, Rob Faux was bringing water out to the hens on his organic farm in northeast Iowa when a plane flew over and sprayed pesticides on him, his partner, and his farm. Not once, but twelve times.The experience of that day and the weeks and months after it led him to become who he is today: an advocate for pesticide control and regulation.In today’s episode of At the Iowa Farm Table, Beth Hoffman of the Iowa Food System Coalition dives into Rob Faux’s shocking story and what the new “pesticide immunity” laws creeping up around the country could mean for us all.You can listen to this and every episode of At the Iowa Farm Table wherever you listen to podcasts (ie—Spotify, Apple, etc).Subscribe for free to receive At the Iowa Farm Table straight to your inbox.Featured VoicesRob Faux – diversified organic farmer in northeast Iowa, pesticide‑drift survivor, and Iowa Communications Manager for Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) North America)Key Episode Insights* A negligent crop‑dusting event wiped out Faux’s crops and sparked his fight for stricter pesticide rules.* Proposed “immunity” bills would stop farmers and cancer patients from suing, even when labels intentionally hide risks.* Today, Faux is a cancer survivor. But like many, where his cancer originated from is unknown. In Iowa, there are no laws mandating farmers to alert neighbors as to which chemicals will be sprayed or when. Iowa is also one of the most heavily sprayed places on earth.* Iowans across party lines want companies to be held accountable for land, water, and human health.Resources & Action* Bills to track by state* Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) North America – campaigns, science briefs, action alerts, resources:.* Iowa Food System Coalition* 2025 Policy Asks* Newsletter Sign-Up* Find Your Iowa Legislator – quick lookup & contact info* Roundup/Cancer Trial Tracker – ongoing litigation statistics (U.S. Right to Know)News & Media* Iowa House declines to advance bill shielding pesticide companies from cancer lawsuits—IPR* 30+ Groups To Iowa House: Stop Cancer Gag Act—Food & Water Watch Iowa* Farmer raises concern over bill exempting pesticide companies from lawsuits—KCRG* Bayer moves to block lawsuits that claim glyphosate causes cancer—Chemical and Engineering NewsThanks for reading At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit attheiowafarmtable.substack.com | 15m 06s | ||||||
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