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Food banks and other food support organizations have seen a significant increase in demand since the start of the pandemic. A concern that s likely to reverberate for years.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many Iowans struggling to afford accessible, nutritious and culturally-specific food.
Organizations, including the Food Bank of Iowa, Iowa’s largest food bank, have reported a massive increase in requests for services. Currently, 60% of people receiving support from this organization are doing so for the first time ever.
On this episode of
River to River, a look at food insecurity in Iowa and the individuals and organizations fighting back. Host Ben Kieffer is joined by Food Bank of Iowa CEO Michelle Book; Zuli Garcia, founder of Latinx Knock and Drop, a new culturally-specific food pantry and support organization in Des Moines; and Nancy Carol, executive directo
Iowa projection cut 20 percent; White House downplays risks
On the first day the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out in the nation, staff nurse Rachel Lewis draws a dose Monday for a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. According to figures released Thursday, the state has been told to expect nearly 20 percent fewer doses of the Pfizer and a second vaccine by Moderna than projected just days ago. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan shakes a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday before drawing a dose for a health care worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Authored on: Nov 09, 2020
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In 1900, Iowa was the tenth largest state in the country. A hundred years later, it was the thirtieth largest and had experienced the biggest decline in its population rank of any state. Today, Iowa is at a crossroads. Its population is more urban, less white, and more environmentally challenged than its longtime reputation suggests. In a new book,
Green, Fair, and Prosperous: Paths to a Sustainable Iowa, Charles Connerly provides a thoroughly researched history lesson on how we got here and suggests decisions to make going forward.
“What kind of state does Iowa want to be?” Connerly, the director of the UI School of Planning and Public Affairs, asks in his introduction. To respond to this question, he uses a triangular model of sustainable planning that was developed by University of Michigan professor Scott Campbell. The three points of the triangle are issues that must be equitably addressed: environmental protecti
Michelle Recanati, 47, a medical worker from Oelwein, Iowa, died of COVID-19
She contracted disease along with her brother and identical twin sister, Cynthia
Cynthia and Phil Recanati, 50, had mild cases yet Michelle s illness was severe
Like Michelle, Cynthia is medical worker at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Cynthia said for months family maintained social distancing during pandemic
In October, however, they let guard down and went to parties with no masks
Cynthia said she has survivor s guilt after getting over mild case of COVID-19
Michelle suffered lung failure as well as a stroke and brain damage
Michelle s son decided to remove his mother from life support on December 7