Two women are shown working in a communal kitchen in the Amana Colonies around 1900. From the late 1850s to the early 1930s, more than 50 communal kitchens in the Amana villages provided three daily ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Farm Bureau’s latest food and farm index found that among concerns of the high cost of groceries, the overwhelming majority of Iowa grocery shoppers ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown is threatening to delay food assistance benefits for millions of Americans, including 131,000 Iowa families, starting on Nov. 1. Iowa food pantries are bracing ...

Food has a way of bringing a community together, and that is exactly what Downtown Iowa City did on Aug. 27 when the organization held its annual Taste of Iowa City event. The day had previously ...

NOW. NEARLY 400,000 IOWANS. THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM. A NEW FEEDING AMERICA STUDY SHOWS ALL 99 COUNTIES IN OUR STATE ARE DEALING WITH AN INCREASE IN FOOD ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A survey of the commercial horticulture food crops industry in Iowa showed direct specialty crop sales of more than $79 million in 2022 and even higher ...

During the first week of summer break in Lisbon, Iowa, school-aged kids popped into the Southeast Linn Community Center to ask if the center had food. Executive Director Nicole McAlexander said a ...

Healthy Kids Iowa is the state's alternative to Summer EBT, giving children a monthly box of $40 in food instead of a pre-paid debit card to get their own groceries. It's just one of the ways Iowans ...