by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 19, 2024 | Agriculture, News
The federal government says Iowa isn’t processing food assistance applications fast enough. U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack sent Governor Kim Reynolds and 43 other states letters urging them to improve the efficiency of their SNAP benefits programs. Luke Elzinga,...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 14, 2024 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The search is on once again for the Iowa’s “Best Burger.” Iowa Beef Industry Council spokesperson Kylie Peterson says there are some simple rules for the annual contest. “We’re accepting nominations votes from Iowans, anyone that has a...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 19, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Director Kelly Garcia says the state is still evaluating offering additional federal food assistance to low-income kids during the summer. “We believe in feeding kids, period, full stop. But there are a lot of operational...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 26, 2023 | Human Interest, News
The Food Bank of Siouxland now has the second half of a large donation of milk from Kemp’s Dairy and Hy-Vee. Food bank executive director, Jacob Wanderscheid says the shelf stable milk is chocolate. “Kids just generally respond a lot better to chocolate...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 2, 2023 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Pork Producers Association has released its list of five finalists for its “Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin” contest. The IPPA says they had a record 9,000 nominations for the contest to select the best battered piece of pork that has become one of...