📍 Malvern, IA — pop. 1,000.

At 65, Tom Mulholland postponed retirement to keep his small-town grocery alive. Rising supplier costs + uncertainty around SNAP threaten stores like his. Hear Tom’s story Oct 2 at 6:30 PM.

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Iowa schools spend millions feeding kids — in effect, they’re the largest restaurants in the state. In this replay, we dig into the real economics of school lunch and who benefits from Iowa's school lunch dollars.

Listen on Substack or wherever you get your podsattheiowafarmtable.substack.com

September 24 is Iowa Local Food Day, the official kick-off to Farm to School Month! See if your district is joining in, or learn how schools, early care sites, and colleges can celebrate by serving local foods this fall.

🔗iowafarmtoschoolearlycare.org/iowalocalfoodday

The status quo isn’t the only path. Iowa agriculture has choices. Emily Deakyne with the Diverse Corn Belt Project joined us on our most recent podcast on At the Iowa Farm Table to talk about the future of farming in Iowa. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

atttheiowafarmtable.substack.com

🚨 We’ve surpassed $400k in pledged support for Iowa’s local food system! We’re extending the Local Food Promise to keep the momentum going.

Make your promise and help show what’s possible when Iowans commit to fresh, fair, and community-rooted food. 💪 IowaFoodSystemCoalition.org/Promise

🌽 Sweet corn season is here, but local food shouldn’t be a once-a-year treat. Take the #LocalFoodPromise and help build a food system that feeds us all, all year long. IowaFoodSystemCoalition.org/Promise

This week’s episode of At the Iowa Farm Table dug into it: sweet corn, culture, and Iowa’s appetite for change. Episode sponsor, Healthy Harvest of North Iowa, has a collection of sweet corn recipes to help you savor the season.
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New podcast episode! 🌽 We dig into Iowa’s sweet corn obsession...from its Indigenous roots to canning plants, farm crisis survival, and what it reveals about the food we’re willing to go the extra mile for.

🎧 Listen: attheiowafarmtable.substack.com #IowaFoodVoices #SweetCornSeason #ifsc

We sat down with Ilsa Dewald, Johnson County Food and Farm Manager, to talk about local food policy councils and what's happening in Johnson County on our Side Dish episode. Check it out! #attheiowfarmtable #iowafoodsystemcoalition #ifscpartner