Food is Community

In the midst of Trump's government shutdown federal funds cease for SNAP benefits, and right on cue, Food Heroes from across the country step up to feed many of the 42 million Americans affected.

Most climate books follow a familiar pattern: Here’s how bad things are. Here’s how much worse they’re going to get. Here’s why it’s probably too late. Now go recycle your yogurt containers and feel terrible about everything.

Fifteen years ago, hundreds of thousands of Iowans laced up our walking shoes because we believed we could become the healthiest state in America—for our kids, our families, our future. Did we fail? Do we still believe it’s possible? Here’s what that journey taught us about getting there.

In a world where farmers are struggling under the weight of monopolistic pressures and unsustainable economics, a recent report offers something we desperately need: evidence that another way forward is not only possible but actively growing.

Two Washington bureaucrats are about to have a massive fight over what counts as “ultra-processed food,” and neither one of them is actually going to fix the problem.

Here’s why nobody gets excited about food waste: because the conversation has been a guilt trip from the start.

There’s a farmer in Adel named Ron Deardorff who grows some of the best sweet corn you’ll ever taste. Hand-picked in the morning, delivered that same afternoon. The kind of sweet, crisp perfection that makes you remember what corn is supposed to taste like. For over thirty years, Ron and his family have been doing this work, carefully selecting hybrids for sweetness and tenderness, planting twenty-one separate crops to keep fresh corn available from July through September.

Discover how Iowa Farm to Table dinners unite chefs, farmers, and diners in a celebration of local food and community. Through seasonal menus and shared tables, chefs like Benjamin Smart and Aaron Holt preserve Iowa’s culinary heritage, fostering connection and creating lasting memories.

Big food companies are panicking. The center aisles of supermarkets—where all the packaged, processed stuff lives—are being called “the morgue” because sales are crashing. Major corporations are buying up fake social media accounts to defend GMOs and pesticides. Bloomberg reported “complete paranoia” at food industry headquarters.

Here’s a question worth asking: Do you know what’s in the water you’re drinking? Most of us turn on the tap and hope for the best.