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- 2 weeks ago12 min
How Prairie Made Iowa
We wanted to send a quick note of appreciation for all of our listeners! Thank you so much for your support.Please be sure to write a review of this podcast (especially if you listen outside of Substack). And sign up for the Iowa Food System Coalition’s Local Food Challenge taking place this summer.Have you ever wondered why U.S. tax payers often pay farmers NOT to farm? In this episode, we frame that question a little differently: have you ever wondered why U.S. tax payers don’t pay more farmers to provide ecosystem services for the health of our landscapes?150 years ago, prairie got in the way of Iowa’s European settlers. In order to farm, they had to till it up. Now, many Iowans are advocating for us to restore as much of it as we can.In this episode, Beth dives into the “why” of prairies with one of Iowa’s “Prairie Farmers,” Nicholas Lirio of Hocksey Native Seed.VoicesNicolas Lirio—Hocksey Native Seed and the Prairie Farm PodcastResourcesHistory of the Conservation Reserve ProgramHouse Farm Bill Falls ShortEnvironmental Working Group—Conservation DatabaseMusic Geoff HarveyMonumeStay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa’s food system news. Subscribe to the Iowa Food System Coalition newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities. 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
- 4 weeks ago17 min
Iowa, Farming and Cancer: What Do We Really Know?
Iowa has a cancer problem. We are one of the only states in the nation with a growing cancer rate, and have higher levels of certain kinds of cancers than do similar areas of the country.Many have put the blame on Iowa’s fields, while others say that legal pesticides are safe for us and the environment.In this episode we go down the rabbit hole to understand—how do chemicals become products on our shelves? Is a legal chemical safe? And what do researchers know about the relationship between chemicals and cancer?Thanks for listening to At the Iowa Farm Table. Please subscribe to receive our podcasts right to your inbox VoicesAudrey Tran Lam—Environmental Health Program Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern IowaDavid Cwiertny—Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, University of IowaSeth Watkins—Pinhook FarmWeary Ramblers— Kathryn Severing Fox and Chad Elliott ResourcesHigher cancer rates in counties with more CAFOs, study findsU.S. chemical management system must be transformed to prevent harm, argue new policy papersREACH Regulation—European Commission on Energy, Climate change, EnvironmentCancer and Environmental Risk Factors in Iowa—Iowa Environmental CouncilEPA contact in IowaCancer in Iowa—Iowa Cancer RegistryInteractive Iowa Maps—Iowa Cancer RegistryInternational Study Reveals Glyphosate Weed Killers Cause Multiple Types of CancerStay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa’s food system news. Subscribe to the Iowa Food System Coalition newsletter for timely news, action alerts, and event updates, all focused on supporting local farms and communities.Lyrics to Reduce, Reduce, Reduce! by the Weary RamblersPesticides kill thingsThat’s just what they doThey wouldn’t be good at their jobIf they weren’t bad for youSo we need to spray more sparinglyOnly what we really needListen to Mother NatureShe loves diversityGot a few weeds?That’s alrightA little milkweed and some foxtailTheir just fineIf you’re sprayin’Just to sprayIt does more harm than goodIt costs more at the end of the dayWe gotta’ start doing something…there’s just too much to loseReduce, Reduce, Reduce what we useReduce, Reduce, Reduce what we useDon’t plant your crops on the water’s edgeGive ‘em ‘bout fifty feetOn the edge of every fieldGo ahead and leave the treesDoin’ these two things makes forA Healthier, happy homeFor the plants to grow and for the little critters to roamGot a few weeds?That’s alrightA little waterhemp and thistlesTheir just fineIf you’re sprayin’Just to sprayIt does more harm than goodIt costs more at the end of the dayWe gotta’ start doing something…there’s just too much to loseReduce, Reduce, Reduce what we useReduce, Reduce, Reduce what we use This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://attheiowafarmtable.substack.com
- Apr 7, 202613 min
USDA, Beginning Farmers, and Broken Promises
The Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program was slated to bring millions of dollars into Iowa, while supporting new farmers. Contracts were signed, fellows quit their jobs, and we were off to the races. Until suddenly, we weren’t. USDA abruptly pulled the funding in March with two days notice, deferring the dreams of new farmers like Lawrencia Rogers and eliminating the jobs created to help them.Please “like” this podcast or write a review! Share it with a friend too. VoicesLawrencia Rogers—FarmerJason Grimm—Executive Director of Iowa Valley RC&DKatie Das—State Coordinator at the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT)Breanna Horsey—Executive Director at SILTAt the Iowa Farm Table is brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by John Hogeland and Tommy Hexter. Photo: Fellow Lawrencia and Farm Manager Malik doing tractor work at the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm. Courtesy Iowa Valley RC&D. 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
- Mar 24, 202614 min
Can Restaurants Transform Iowa into a Farm-to-Table Mecca?
In the second episode of our two part mini-series on restaurants, Beth visits with those championing for the transformation of Iowa into a farm-to-table haven. She talks to the chefs and farmers making it a reality, and to those in government supporting the change.VoicesSuman Hoque of HoQ and Flora in Des Moines, IowaJill Beebout of Blue Gate Farm, Chariton, IowaAustin Frerick, Author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food IndustrySam Gelman of The WebsterJessica Dunker, President and CEO of Iowa Restaurant AssociationColin Tadlock, Chief of Staff to Iowa Secretary of AgricultureAt the Iowa Farm Table is brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by John Hogeland and Tommy Hexter. Brian Doubek and Ian Post created the music used in the show. 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
- Mar 10, 202612 min
Iowa Restaurants, Broadliners, and Meh Food
How come so much of the food in Iowa seems to taste the same? In this two-part mini-series, Beth Hoffman dives deep into how and why restaurants have evolved (not for the better), and the ways chefs can help reinvigorate the state of Iowa.Listen to this 12-minute podcast on Substack or any other podcast player.VoicesSuman Hoque of HOQ and Flora in Des Moines, Iowa.Jill Beebout of Blue Gate Farm, Chariton, Iowa.Austin Frerick, Author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.At the Iowa Farm Table is brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by John Hogeland and Tommy Hexter. Brian Doubek and Ian Post created the music used in the show. 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
- Feb 23, 20269 min
A Triple Win For Iowa
Fruits and vegetables are often not the first thing many SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants buy. Produce can be more expensive, and when you are trying to stretch food dollars to feed hungry kids (children make up almost 40% of all SNAP users), processed foods often fills more bellies.A program implemented in Iowa called Double Up Food Bucks helps stretch SNAP dollars by doubling the money spent on fresh fruits and vegetables. It’s a federally funded program active in Iowa for ten years now, and the federal and private funds spent on the program have successfully put more produce on the table.Yet also ten years old is the fight to get the state of Iowa to also contribute to the program. This year, the legislature is being asked to contribute $1 million of its $9.7 billion budget on the program, a contribution that would also be matched by the federal government.Thanks for reading At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast! Please subscribe to receive new episodes right to your inbox.It makes sense for Iowa to support the program. Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) not only helps get produce into the homes of people on SNAP, it also supports local farmers. DUFB can be used at farmers markets or on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes purchased directly from farms. In several states, locally grown food has remained the focus, even as budgets have doubled. It is also good for Iowa’s economy—people who use it free up funds to spend on other important Iowa-owned businesses.Listen to this week’s episode of At the Iowa Farm Table to learn more about Double Up Food Bucks, the people who use the program, and why and how it helps get more fruits and vegetables into the hands of those who need it most.If you like this post, please “like” it! Comments are always encouraged too.VoicesNoah Stein—SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks participantJazzmine Brooks—Healthy Incentives Director at Iowa Healthiest StatePaige Chickering—Iowa State Manager for Save the Children Action NetworkNatalie Estrem—Market and Programs Supervisor at LSI Global GreensResourcesOnly 1 in 10 Adults Get Enough Fruits or VegetablesHealthy Incentives Pilot Final Evaluation ReportGusNIP Year 5 Impact FindingsSF 2027 (Double Up Food Bucks Appropriation Bill)At the Iowa Farm Table is brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by Tommy Hexter. Brian Doubek and Ian Post created the music used in the show. 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
- Feb 9, 20269 min
Healing From the Ground Up
“Food as medicine.” The phrase is everywhere in the news and on social media. But food and farming impacts not only our bodies. In this episode of At the Iowa Farm Table, we look at the concept of healing our bodies, by choosing better foods and by healing our soils.“If we’re going to have healthy people, we have to have healthy soils that produce healthy plants. That gives us healthy people,” says Shaffer Ridgeway, farmer and Soil Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the arm of the US Department of Agriculture that works directly with farmers to help them improve their soil health. Ridgeway will be part of a new Summit to be held in Iowa on March 2 + 3 in Cedar Falls, called Healing from the Ground Up. You can view the entire speaker lineup and register to attend at the webpage here.“The goal of this Summit is to create the social movement necessary to build the bridge between producers and consumers,” said Tommy Hexter, the IFSC Executive Director and one of event’s planners. “We will not only talk about the microbes in the soil, or the microbes in your stomach—we’ll also talk about how we get food from the farm to the table in Iowa, in a concerted effort. We all have to figure out how to work together.”Listen to this podcast that features some of the event’s speakers, discussing why and how healthy soil means healthier people.VoicesShaffer Ridgeway—Southern Goods FarmJenn Arndt—Roots Nutrition CounselingTommy Hexter—Iowa Food System CoalitionResourcesAn Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations’ HealthCorn Era Hybrid Macronutrient and Dry Matter Accumulation in Plant Components | Agronomy JournalThanks to Shaffer Ridgeway, Jenn Arndt and Tommy Hexter. And to Jodie Huegerich and Audrey Tran Lam for their thoughtful editing of this episode.Music by Beatfonics, Ian Post, and Mujo 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
- Jan 26, 202610 min
A 160+ Year Family Legacy
Todd Western III’s family settled in Mahaska County in 1864, a year after Abraham Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. More than 160 years later, the family still farms the same land.As one would imagine, the Western family has weathered a lot over the course of their time on the land: price fluctuations, weather changes, and racial discrimination. But it was the sudden death of Western’s father that changed the course of his life and allowed him to find his calling.Listen to Western tell the story of his family and how his passion for agriculture spurred him on to form the Iowa Farmers of Color.Voices:Todd Western III — Iowa Farmer and Senior Donor Advisor at Greater Twin Cities United WayResources:You can find more information about the Iowa Farmers of Color at:* https://www.iowafarmersofcolor.com/* https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564629460814* Instagram - @iowafarmersofcolorYou can learn more about the class action suit against the US Department of Agriculture by Black Farmers (Pigford v Glickman) here.Stay in the LoopStay connected to the latest in Iowa’s food system news. Subscribe to the IFSC 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!🎧 Produced by the Iowa Food System Coalition. Edited by Tommy Hexter. 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
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