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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 we…
7 hours ago
Can Restaurants Transform Iowa into a Farm-to-Table Mecca?
Season 2
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-ta…
2 weeks ago
Iowa Restaurants, Broadliners, and Meh Food
Season 2 Episode 5
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…
4 weeks ago
A Triple Win For Iowa
Season 2 Episode 4
Fruits and vegetables are often not the first thing many SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants buy. Produce can be more e…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Healing From the Ground Up
Season 2 Episode 3
“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…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
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 …
2 months, 1 week ago
Inspiration comes in all forms
Season 2 Episode 1
Working to change the food system can feel like a slog. Progress is slow, challenges are constant, and wins can be hard to see.
And yet, change has ha…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Chickenizing the American food system
There’s a word that explains a lot about modern agriculture, even if Merriam-Webster hasn’t caught up yet: chickenization. It’s what happens when ani…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Here's the beef (on beef)
This week on At the Iowa Farm Table, learn more about how and where your food is raised!
Beth Hoffman and Amanda Severson chat about their cattle busi…
5 months ago
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 c…
5 months, 2 weeks ago