An old, radical idea – farm well
May 26, 2023
There are many voices who argue effectively and well that agroecology holds the answers that can
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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
Resources
Pesticide Drift: Iowa
In Iowa and other agricultural states across the country, drifting pesticides can undermine farmers’ ability to farm as they choose,
Kids on the Frontline: Iowa Factsheet
More than 40 percent of Iowa’s population lives in rural communities.
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
Take Action
Urge your Senators to support PACTPA!
It’s time to put people and pollinators over pesticide corporations’ bottom lines. Urge your Senators to co-sponsor and support passage of the
Tired of the pesticide industry calling the shots?
Let’s create a healthy food system, together.
Let’s create a healthy food system, together.