EPA’s Biofuels Fix is Another Broken Promise to Farmers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 24, 2019 Contact: Christina Dexter, 816.738.5402 [email protected] Nevada, IA– A week and a half after announcing its intentions to offset a portion of the 4 billion gallons of demand for biofuels eliminated due to the ongoing misappropriation of small refinery exemptions (SREs), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday released a supplemental proposed rule outlining how it […]
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Proposed Rule Would Make Millions Vulnerable to Food Insecurity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 24, 2019 Contact: Christina Dexter, 816.738.5402 [email protected] Nevada, IA – A proposed rule to change the eligibility guidelines for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would erode food security in the United States, according to the Alliance to End Hunger. If the rule is implemented, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that 3.1 million hungry Americans […]
Farmers, the leaders of positive change.
Farmers know better than anyone about dealing with the ups and downs of weather. But production agriculture is currently in peril due to hostile and radical weather patterns brought on by climate change. The crisis is upon us. But on behalf of the Iowa Farmers Union, we confidently assert that farmers are more than victims of the problem. We […]
IFU Receives Funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Strengthen Relationships between Children and Local Food
When most people think of children eating local foods, the images that come to mind are of kids getting their hands dirty in the garden or a family strolling through a farmers market on the weekend. What most people don’t picture is the lunch line at a school cafeteria. But what if we could change […]