Conservation programs have a place in the Farm Bill
July 19, 2023
The Yellow Coneflower and the Monarda are just entering peak bloom in two small fields that
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Iowa Updates: July 2023
July 18, 2023
When we first moved to the place that has become the Genuine Faux Farm, the first
Supporting pollinators with lawn diversity
June 22, 2023
Pollinator Week happens once each year and I always hope to write one or two articles for PAN to get the word out that we can and must support our pollinators. But, as a steward of a small-scale, diversified farm, I can’t afford to think
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Our Focus
PAN is working to build a vision of Iowa that embraces the principles of agroecology – acknowledging, learning about, accepting, and promoting complexity in our agricultural and food systems. This complexity manifests itself in the ecological, social and economic aspects of agriculture.
We seek to promote agroecology through educational materials and presentations at schools, colleges, farming communities, and public health spaces in the state.
The reliance on pesticides for agriculture in Iowa makes it increasingly difficult for small-scale, diversified farms to succeed. Chemicals and their break-down products can not be successfully contained in their target areas. Pesticide drift can occur during application when winds are too high, and drift can occur days after application through volatilization or movement due to rainfall and leaching.
PAN is working to promote improved drift reporting and enforcement in the state by supporting appropriate legislation and policies with our partner organizations.
Iowa has an opportunity to improve land access and put more people in position to be land stewards at a time when land transition from an aging population is increasing.
PAN stands with its partners against the system that promotes farm consolidation, creating larger farms, often with corporate or absentee owners. We support making land accessible to young and new farmers, farmers of color, and Indigenous peoples as part of an overall strategy to diversify our landscape and create a healthy place for us all to live.
Pesticide Drift: What to know
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Webinar recording: Pesticides and climate change
Recordings of PAN’s two-part webinar introducing our new report, Pesticides and Climate Change: A Vicious Cycle. This report is the
Pesticides and Soil Health: State of the Science and Viable Alternatives
Pesticides pose a grave threat to organisms critical to healthy food and farm systems, including those that are important to
Pesticide Drift: Iowa
In Iowa and other agricultural states across the country, drifting pesticides can undermine farmers’ ability to farm as they choose,
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Protect our kids from pesticides
Our children are at risk from exposure to hazardous pesticides. Yet current US pesticide rules allow dangerous pesticides to remain on the
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Let’s create a healthy food system, together.