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A Field to Family volunteer readies a pallet of fresh produce for delivery to local schools in December. The food nonprofit says cuts to the LFS and LFPA programs will hurt its ability to provide access to local food and education for those who need it most.

Field to Family ‘looking at a different reality’ after USDA funding cuts

Local food nonprofit Field to Family says the sudden loss of funding from the USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) and Local Foods for Schools (LFS) programs has left them scrambling to adjust. “We are now looking at a new…

Annie Smith Barkalow/April 9, 2025

Jordan Immerfall, founder of GoldCap Education and program administrator and instructor at the UI College of Education, poses at the Ped Mall in downtown Iowa City on May 7.

GoldCap Education seeks to fill in the gaps

Annie Smith Barkalow/May 9, 2024

A low angle shot of red and yellow flower field with a blue sky in the background

Iowa tourism: Economic impact, quality of life and fun

Emery Styron/May 8, 2024

Mount Mercy, St. Ambrose consider ‘strategic combination’

Dave Thompson/May 6, 2024

A little help for Hoover: UI Marketing Institute students help Herbert Hoover Foundation with major rebrand

Annie Smith Barkalow/May 3, 2024