Equitable Land Access News Today

Feed Iowa First has officially opened its new 17-acre site in partnership with Linn County Conservation at Wanatee Farm after moving out of its site at Dows Farm, which housed its Equitable Land Access program. Here’s what the nonprofit’s executive director had to say about the new site.

The funding is part of $300 million from a USDA program intended to support underserved producers and landowners like Guy Ngoma, who came to Cedar Rapids from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ngoma hopes to get 28 acres of his own land one day to grow culturally relevant African food for the community.

NewBo City Market is preparing to undergo a $2.5 million project to transform the inside of the facility with community spaces, more room for businesses and a second-floor mezzanine.

Food banks and other food-based nonprofits are facing a crisis as inflation makes it harder to get food, and means more people are asking for food. At the same time, funding from Covid is disappearing and donations are decreasing.

St. Andrew Lutheran Church has harvested more than 5,000 pounds of tomatoes for those in need.

The expansion of a Feed Iowa First program helps immigrants to Iowa find an accessible entry to becoming full time farmers.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity and Linn County families grapple with recovery from the 2020 derecho, Feed Iowa First expanded equitable access to land for farming as well as distribution of healthy food.

The Northeast State Foresters Association recently released five new comprehensive reports on wood markets in the Northeast, detailing strategies for market retention and opportunities for growth. A summary of the reports findings was provided in a recent webinar hosted by the lead researchers. Additionally, two free mobile apps designed to help Vermont loggers and sawmills enhance their business operations were recently released: LoginVT for logging businesses and iSawVT for sawmill bus...

By Phil Giraldi It has already been widely recognized that what is likely to be the incoming Joe Biden administration is going to be the most hawkish since the last government that Mr. Biden served in, that of President Barack Obama. Secretary of State designate Tony Blinken was a driving force behind the Obama administration attempt to overthrow the legitimate government of Syria, a project which allied the United States with terrorist groups and served no identifiable American national intere...