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Charles Connerly joins the program to talk about his new book: “Green, Fair and Prosperous: Paths to Sustainable Iowa.”
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Researchers and advocates have billed agricultural soil management as a powerful tool to capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere and counteract…
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An Iowa non-profit organization is permanently setting aside 63 acres in Johnson County for sustainable farming. Due to the work of the Sustainable Iowa…
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Sustainable Iowa Land Trust is selling a permanently protected farm in Southwest Iowa in a move to pay off debt and honor the farm’s previous owners.When…
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Supporters of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, based at Iowa State University, are making their case at the statehouse for reinstating the…
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A leading research center focused on local farmers and environmental conservation is hanging on by a thread, even as the movement to diversify…
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Take a road trip through the Midwest during the growing season, and it feels like you're moving through a sea of corn and soybeans grown largely for…
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How many people can the Earth sustain? According to author and journalist Alan Weisman, "the planet just seems to be bursting at its seams."Today on Talk…
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To support a growing population, farmers worldwide need to emphasize the sustainable growth of three major foods: corn, wheat and rice, according to the…
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Consumers are increasingly willing to pay more for foods they believe were sustainably produced, like free-range chicken, fair-trade coffee and…