Hot Days Play List
Podcast episodes for summer
At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast
The At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast takes a deep dive into food and farming in Iowa. Brought to you by the Iowa Food System Coalition.
Latest episodes
Cancer, Prairie Strips and a Man's Soul
A farmer's journey
Do we have a moral obligation to "feed the world"?
Reflections from a large farm show
What Are Food Policy Councils and Why Do They Matter?
How local councils turn community insight into food system change
Farmers and Land
Accessing the land farmers need ain't easy
How Prairie Made Iowa
And Why Iowans Grow Prairie Today
We Are the “Big Spinach Lobby”
A viral “Spinachgate” moment in Iowa sparked debate about cancer and water quality. Here’s what it actually reveals about Iowa’s food system, local farmers, and school nutrition.
Iowa, Farming and Cancer: What Do We Really Know?
And a special song by the Weary Ramblers
USDA, Beginning Farmers, and Broken Promises
Iowa loses millions in funding
Can Restaurants Transform Iowa into a Farm-to-Table Mecca?
Restaurants pave the way to a tastier future.
Iowa Restaurants, Broadliners, and Meh Food
How a great idea was carried way too far
A Triple Win For Iowa
Listen now | Will the Iowa legislature support Double Up Food Bucks?
Healing From the Ground Up
How to make Iowa healthier
A 160+ Year Family Legacy
The Story of a Black Farm Family in Iowa
Inspiration comes in all forms
The relay race behind food systems change
Chickenizing the American food system
The loss of flavor and farms, and the Iowans pushing back.
Here's the beef (on beef)
Beth Hoffman of Whippoorwill Creek Farm and Amanda Severson of Grand View Beef talk about raising cattle, Argentinian beef, and nutrition.
Raise More Hell and Less Corn
Advice from farm crisis expert, Sarah Vogel
The Key to Ecological Healing
A celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day
Who Benefits from Iowa’s School Lunch Dollars?
Listen now (14 mins) | Iowa’s tax dollars could be working harder.