This is an interesting sentence:
Get smart people from urban (large municipal water treatment facilities) and rural (Department of Natural Resources) areas at the table...
The DNR representing rural must be a Freudian slip.
Neila Seaman
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:23:08 -0400
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Subject: Re: Celebrate Fall with a $50 Pork Certificate!
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When Chuck Gipp was talking didn't you see the Governor pulling the strings?
Actually, the DNR submitted a 50+ page critique of the (alleged) Nutrient Reduction Strategy. You can find the DNR comments at http://iowa.sierraclub.org/WaterQuality/DNRNPSCommentsINRS11112.pdf.
Wally Taylor
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From: Cindy Hildebrand <[log in to unmask]>
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As I recall, if one judged only from what was said
by the Director of the DNR at the Ames meeting, the big ag groups
had little reason to be concerned.
ch
Cindy
Hildebrand
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In a message dated 10/11/2013 8:37:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Even worse, I have a memo obtained through an
open records request stating that the big ag groups demanded that DNR also be
excluded from the meetings.
Wally Taylor
The little history of
the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy left out the part about how
agribusiness organizations were part of the process from the very
beginning and conservation organizations were deliberately
excluded.
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2013 8:33 am
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I agree that the email list was probably compiled
via the State Fair, because I'm on it too. And Aaron Putze
used to write much of the material on the Iowa Farm Bureau
website.
The little history of the Iowa Nutrient
Reduction Strategy left out the part about how agribusiness
organizations were part of the process from the very beginning and
conservation organizations were deliberately excluded. At the
Ames informational meeting about the Strategy, where those of us in the
audience were not allowed to speak, it was explained that the
exclusion was done on purpose in order to make the process
more effective. Or efficient. Or better. Or
something. Sorry, can't remember -- the steam coming out of my ears
affected my memory.
In the old days, when bad Iowa
environmental policies were being enacted, we usually at least had a
chance to speak aloud into microphones at public hearings for the
public record.
Cindy
Cindy Hildebrand
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50010
"What does autumn go on paying for
with so much yellow money?”
(Pablo Neruda)
In a message dated 10/11/2013 3:43:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
I must have got on their mailing list at the fair this year. Notice
the section on water quality.
Also, is my impression correct that the family hog farms they refer to
are actually hog factories, that is, CAFOs?
Comments would be welcome.--Tom
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October 10, 2013
"Join
My Journey" goes hog wild!
Kristin
Porter, better known as “Iowa Girl Eats”, took her latest journey through Iowa
agriculture at the Wiley Family hog farm near
Vinton.
There
she met three generations of Wileys and saw first-hand
how pigs are raised with the help of Todd Wiley’s two
Iowa State University degrees, a ton of hard work and a
passion for doing things right.
One
of the first things Kristin noticed upon entering the
farrowing room — where sows and their piglets are raised
— was the wave of cool air that greeted her. She learned
that since hogs can’t sweat, heat and humidity are tough
conditions for hogs so the climate-controlled
environment provides a safe and comfortable place for
them to grow and thrive.
Be
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Kristin’s past and future travels!
Enjoying
pork, helping others
Denise
Bubeck spends every Monday morning welcoming people to
the Urbandale Food Pantry. Volunteering there since
2009, Denise understands the struggles that many
families face and the importance of the food bank
system. Denise didn’t think twice about making a cash
donation to the Iowa Food Bank Association (IFBA)
this summer when she visited Iowa Food & Family Project’s (Iowa
FFP) “Get Connected to Farming” exhibit at the Iowa
State Fair!
Visitors
to the Iowa FFP exhibit donated nearly $2,000 to the
IFBA during the fair and those donating were eligible to
win a special gift. Yesterday, Bubeck of Grimes was
awarded five cases of fresh pork loins, that’s nearly
300 pounds of pork, courtesy of Iowa Select Farms. Bubeck and her
family will enjoy one case of fresh pork while the
remaining four cases were donated to the Urbandale Food
Pantry and the Food Bank of Iowa.
The
strategy of water quality
Whether
you live on a farm, in the city or some place in
between, water is essential. But, chances are, many of
us just turn on the faucet and don’t consider how lucky
we are to have it at our fingertips.
Fortunately,
a group of forward-thinking Iowans has formed the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
Sounds imposing, but the concept is fairly simple: Get
smart people from urban (large municipal water treatment
facilities) and rural (Department of Natural Resources)
areas at the table working together to compare notes on
best practices to further reduce the introduction of
nitrogen and phosphorous into our waterways.
This
strategy is the first time such a comprehensive and
integrated approach has been developed. That’s no
surprise, this is Iowa and we get things done!
"Be
the Seed" grants challenge students
The
Iowa Food & Family Project is teaming up with DuPont
Pioneer and the Iowa Soybean Association to award
12-$2,500 “Be The Seed” grants to FFA chapters.
The
goal of the program, conducted in partnership with the
Iowa FFA Foundation, is to encourage FFA chapters to be
the "seed" of innovation and progress in their schools
and communities while promoting the importance of
agriculture.
Chapters
can access information and a grant application at
iowafoodandfamily.com. They must collaborate with a
school group or club, civic organization or county farm
organization to be eligible for grant funding. The
deadline to submit an application is Friday, October 25.
Grant recipients will be announced in November with
activities to be completed by March 2014.
The
chapter determined to have conducted the most successful
program be awarded $5,000 at the state FFA leadership
conference April 28, 2014 in Ames.
What's
on your mind?
The
Iowa Food and Family Project wants to bring the family
farm closer to your family’s table, but to best do that,
we need your help!
Be
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what you read in this newsletter, how we could improve
and what you’d most like to learn more about.
Email us with your input and you’ll be
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favorite grocery store. Celebrate October Pork
Month!
Enjoy
fall's bounty
There
are many things to love about fall… football, brightly
colored leaves, crisp temperatures, harvest time,
sweatshirts and FOOD!
In
particular, apples and pumpkins. Iowa is home to scores
of orchards and pumpkin patches and they are a
must-visit this time of year.
Whether
you love that juicy snap of biting into a fresh apple or
the comfort of a custardy slice of pumpkin pie, you can
enjoy both flavors at once with these Apple Pumpkin Muffins with Cinnamon Cream
Cheese Slather from Iowa Girls Eats. Bake a batch
(or two) and fill your kitchen with fall!
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Iowa Soybean Association
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