The agricultural workforce is shrinking, and has been for some time. The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates there are roughly 2.4 million farm jobs that need to be filled annually, but there has been a drastic decline in workers each year.
The next virtual Local Food Leader Certification will be held this spring, hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The certification is intended for beginning local food practitioners, although it is open for anyone who is interested in food systems development and collaboration.
Four officers were elected during the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Fremont County extension council organizational meeting in January. The nine-member county extension council annually elects officers to comply with Iowa law.
Cowgirls 56, Griswold 36 Scoring leaders for the Sidney girls’ basketball team on Tuesday, Jan. 24, were Ava Osborn, 16; Avery Dowling, nine; Emily Hutt, nine; Kaden Payne, eight; Aunika Hayes, five; Lilly Peters, four; Lauren Inman, two; Gabi Jacobs, one; Camdyn Hayes, one; and Macey Graham, one.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth.
Acclaimed journalist and alumnus Norman Parish III will speak at Peru State College on Thursday, February 16, in celebration of Black History Month. His presentation will begin at 11:00 a.m.
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s more pessimistic than previous modeling. The study in Monday’s journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reignites a debate on whether it’s still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as called for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to minimize the most damaging effects of climate change.
The Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ) collected donations from Iowa trial attorneys across the state throughout 2022 to benefit the work and mission of Dementia Friendly Iowa. In addition to contributing more than $16,000 to Dementia Friendly Iowa, IAJ members and staff participated in a 5K Run to Remember in Waterloo to benefit Dementia Friendly and Veteran’s Way.
A wine specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is interested in knowing more about how Iowans handle red and white wines from purchase to consumption. Aude Watrelot, assistant professor of enology in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State, is surveying Iowa consumers to learn more about their habits and preferences – from the time they purchase wines to the time of consumption.