Changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and more extreme weather events will negatively impact the world’s ability to produce food. At the same time, demand for food will grow due to an increasing world population and rising incomes in the developing world. Meeting this ...
Greetings! It’s been great to be back at home and engaged in community activities since the legislative session ended early last month. Over the last several weeks, I visited the Traer Historical Museum and Hansen’s Dairy in Hudson with Iowa Economic Development Authority Director ...
Q: What is Proposition 12? A: In May the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a California law known as Proposition 12 that dictates how farmers raise their livestock to gain market access to consumers in the most populous state in the country. The ruling upheld the state ballot ...
Reducing fossil fuel use to reduce climate change is critical, but removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is also important. A study published by the National Academy of Science found that nature is an important tool for accomplishing this. Reforestation is most important and ...
Enjoying live music whether in a club or at a concert is wonderful. It can be an enlightening experience sharing a love for a musician with other fans as the said musician plays. Whether it is pop, country, or oldies, any concert can be a lot of fun. In my lifetime of going to concerts, ...
The newest occupant making its home on Main Street in a former car dealership is the Global Methodist Church. No doubt you read or heard the recent news about the schism afflicting the United Methodist Church. It came to a head in 2016, with the crux of the conflict being the issue of ...
As I walk through the fields of corn and soybeans looking for any creature, leaf disease, or random imperfection, it is surprising how much each plant grows in a week. While humans do not grow at this exponential pace because humans have years to live and not a few months, these plants serve ...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced legislation on June 6 to improve the public’s access to information and ability to hold the federal bureaucracy accountable. The Open and Responsive Government Act aims to ...
DENISON — Gordon Wolf was everywhere in Denison. Until he wasn’t. A trusted newspaper editor, a 24-year veteran of the Denison Bulletin-Review, a bespectacled journalist fond of button-down short-sleeve shirts that date to an earlier time of ink-stained work when most newspapers had ...
June 15, 2023, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging is proud to join communities in the USA and all over the world to help raise awareness of this systemic social challenge. As Americans, we believe in justice for all. Yet we fail to live up to this ...