Food / Farming - OtherWords

Never Stop Pushing Elected Officials

If you don’t keep on them once they’re elected, you can be sure special interests will.

Instead of fighting for our struggling communities, Steve King scapegoats the immigrants keeping them alive.

When agriculture suffers, all Iowans do — even those who’ve never set foot on a farm.

Most of us think if everyone just knew the facts, they’d agree with us. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.

Consider this your all-hands-on-deck, siren-blaring warning that we need to act now or forever hold our peace.

The White House wants to clear the way for frackers to release more methane, which poisons communities and torches the climate.

My brothers and I can support ourselves and our families today because of the food aid we got when we were kids.

A court found that Monsanto knew its signature Roundup chemical could cause cancer, but sold it anyway.

Without strict standards, the organic label would become worthless. So why is the White House rolling them back?

Should we graze it, log it, drill it, and mine it? Or should we preserve it, study it, recreate in it, and revere it?