By Sen. Charles GrassleyQ: What is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month?A: This October marks the 25th year of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which promotes breast cancer awareness and remembers those who have been affected by breast cancer. According to the National Cancer ...
Deadline for Value-Added Producer Grants Quickly ApproachingBy Traci Bruckner, tracib@cfra.org, Center for Rural AffairsThe deadline to apply for the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program is November 30, 2009. There is $18 million available this round.The Value Added program was originally ...
No More OdorThe carbon in newspaper ink absorbs odors. Stuffing sports cleats with dry newspaper will absorb the odor and dry out the sweaty cleats virtually overnight.TheresaFunding Next Year's GardenI love to vegetable garden. I always have more than I can use. I take my produce into the ...
My husband and I found ourselves painting a number of rooms last weekend. We saw a side of each other we never knew existed. Paint fumes can do peculiar things to people.Painting in general is not what we're best at, but both of us have a creative streak that urges us to want to make our ...
BySenator Charles GrassleyQ: What is National Preparedness Month?A: National Preparedness Month helps increase public awareness about emergency preparedness each September and helps educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies including natural disasters and possible ...
By Brian Depew, briand@cfra.org, Center for Rural AffairsSmall business is the backbone of rural America. Investing in small business development is the most critical step our leaders in Washington can take to create genuine opportunity in our small towns.Small businesses with ten or fewer ...
No More Kitty LitterI got tired of buying cat litter. To top that, I pay our garbage company to take my recyclables. I decided to shred all important papers and also some of the newspapers we recycle anyway. For awhile, I mixed the shredded paper with the cat litter to get our cats used to ...
BySenator Charles GrassleyQ: What can Iowans do to help increase farm safety?A: National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 20-26, and provides an excellent opportunity to promote and inform the general public about issues related to farm safety right as the harvest season begins. ...
Dear EditorSeptember is honeybee month! Bees give us delicious honey. People might think honey is all they contribute to our lives. However, honeybees are very important to everyone, Honeybees are pollinators and they enable plants to produce fruits and nuts by carrying pollen from one plant ...
Who knew that sitting in a nice, dry car in a rainstorm, watching people flee from the parking lot, would be so entertaining? My husband and I wanted to see a movie one evening. Through a strange series of events that involved a DVD return, a box of Cheerios, and some ink cartridges, we ...