Food
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Food Bank of Iowa CEO on SNAP Lapse and Coming Storm
SNAP benefits are extended through November but only at 50%. Because Congress didn’t appropriate funds, The White House released a contingency fund this week, November 3rd. Tami Nielsen, CEO of The Food Bank of Iowa explains the impact on Iowa, how the funds will be allocated, and why Iowans’ SNAP benefits might still be delayed…
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2025 Bourlaug Dialogue exclusive
In this special edition of the Iowa Podcast, recorded during the World Food Prize’s Borlaug Dialogue, host Justin Brady captures a rare cross-section of voices that drive the global food security conversation—from international leaders to Iowa farmers. Interviews with Mashal Husain, President of the World Food Prize Foundation; Brent Renner, soybean farmer and United Soybean…
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Organic food for kids sabotaged by US Government?
Audio version: Camp Creek Organic Produce owner, James Nisly is the Iowa’s organic farmer. Nisly discusses why transitions to organic farms is hard, how soil health translates to your nutrition, and how his efforts to provide healthy organic food for Iowa schools are being opposed by the US Government. Starting in 1998, Nisly was one…
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Seed oils, glyphosate, corn syrup, and ethanol? How are Iowa farmers reacting?
Audio version: MAHA, seed oils, glyphosate, nitrates, corn syrup, ethanol, processed foods, and carbon pipelines? Suddenly, Iowa has become the center of many of the political hot button issues driving the national conversation. Farm broadcaster David Geiger discusses the implications for Iowa farmers now and in the future. Just last week, The Iowa Soybean association…
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Governor and Former Ag Secretary Vilsack On Biden and Food Health
Audio version: Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack needs a bigger business card. The newly minted CEO of the World Food Prize just completed his second White House cabinet run under President Joe Biden, previously serving in the Obama administration. Vilsack discusses food health and gives his perspective on President Biden’s mental acuity in office. As new…
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From-scratch pizza made from ingredients grown next to you?
Audio version: Have you heard of Pizza on the Prairie? Only in Iowa can you enjoy locally made pizza, made from scratch, out of an Italian pizza oven, sourced using ingredients grown right next to you, as you eat! Debra Houghtaling tells us why families come to learn about Iowa agriculture with their appetite! On…
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Celebrating the 2025 Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market with Elizabeth Weyers
In this exciting episode of The Iowa Podcast, guest host Rob Newton sits down with Elizabeth Weyers, the Downtown Farmers’ Market Manager at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, to talk all things local, seasonal, and community-driven as the 2025 season of the Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market kicks off on May 3rd. Elizabeth shares her…
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The Best of Iowa’s 99 Counties: Breaded Pork Tenderloins, Burgers, and State Landmarks
Audio version: If you’re a fan of Iowa’s iconic breaded pork tenderloin, this episode of The Iowa Podcast: Iowa Eats Edition is a can’t-miss. Guest host Jensen Cummings, a fifth-generation chef and food storyteller, steps in for Justin Brady to sit down with the one and only JayJay Goodvin, also known as The Iowa Gallivant. …
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Bruce Gerleman of Jethro’s reacts to fire and company beginnings
Audio version: Move over Dos Equis guy, Bruce Gerleman may very well be the most interesting man in Iowa. As the founder of Jethro’s BBQ, and Splash Seafood, he discusses his background in Iowa, how he paid for a Des Moines building by selling a bunch of hats sitting inside it, being a soccer coach…
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Jethro’s owner Bruce Gerleman offers $25k to beat Adam Emmenecker sandwich record
Bruce Gerleman, owner of Jethro’s BBQ in Iowa announced today he will offer $25,000 to anyone who can beat the current Adam Emmenecker challenge. The offer is good through the duration of March coinciding with March Madness. In an interview scheduled to be released next week on The Iowa Podcast, (available here) Gerleman announced the…