Reclaiming the future of food and farming

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Opportunities for a new agriculture

We have the ability to reshape our national farm policies as we consider a new Farm Bill in the coming months.  We can push for more controls on pesticides by promoting the ideas in PACTPA (Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act).  The natural world is ready to change with us, it’s just waiting for us to give it the opportunity to succeed.

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Iowa Updates: January 2023

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If you drove around my area of Iowa prior to the last snowfall, you probably observed a fair amount of “snirt” on the edges of fields and in the ditches by the roads.  If you're not from around here or you are not a person who periodically drives in rural areas where row crop fields are the predominant feature in the landscape, you might not know what snirt is.  Snirt is snow intermixed with topsoil – an indication that wind erosion has taken place.

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Land stewards are strong, still need support

Many people like to glorify the efforts of small-scale, diversified producers of quality food.  They like to point to the willingness of these growers to work with, rather than against, nature.  Some, myself included, believe that this sort of farming, using many of the principles of agroecology, is a key component for building a healthier, more just world.

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