Organic acres of organic crops rise in Iowa amid debate
Organic acres and certified farms in Iowa climbed from 2006 to 2008 with 108 072 acres and 677 operations. Advocates cite market growth to 30 billion nationally and rising consumer demand while critics emphasize nutrition parity with conventional foods and safety from regulated biotech crops.
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Koepke
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Leopold Center For Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University
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Organic farming faces financial hurdles and GMO-free challenges
Iowa organic farms incur higher costs from labor, inspections, and certification fees. Andrew and Melissa Dunham spent three years converting Grinnell Heritage Farm to organic and run a 200-member CSA with 40 crops. Produce reaches Iowa City Des Moines Grinnell and Cedar Rapids markets as their daughter Emma samples a carrot.
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New Pioneer Food Co-op
Iowa City
Coralville
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Grinnell
Iowa
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Des Moines
Emma
Andrew Dunham
Levin
Downtown plans outlined for mixed use redevelopment near Ped Mall
City officials weigh proposals for retail office and residential space downtown. No applications filed yet by Moen for site plans or rezoning. Plaza Towers opened in 2006 at 27 million, signaling a push to revitalize the area from a bar district to a mixed use hub with views and open space preserved.
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Moen
Markus
Moon
Vogel House
Plaza Towers
Burlington Street
Planned Parenthood Dubuque clinic won’t offer abortions
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland’s new Dubuque health center at 3365 Hillcrest Rd will replace the 1766 Central Ave site and will not offer abortion services. The project includes renovations and a shift in pickup demonstrations by Right to Life activists who vow to continue protests outside the relocated clinic.
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Planned Parenthood
Dubuque
Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
Hillcrest Rd
Central Ave
Dubuque County
Right To Life
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Planned Parenthood Board
Jason Lehman
First graders refuse strangers' request at Williamsburg School
Two men in a white early 2000s Mercury Sable approached first graders during recess at Williamsburg Elementary on Highland Street. The teacher alerted police after the encounter lasted only seconds and all children refused to get in the car. Authorities described the drivers as white or light skinned Hispanic men with the driver having dark hair.
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Jeff Raasch
Williamsburg
Highland St
Ray Garringer
Garringer
Michael Jepson
Raasch
Sourcemedia.net
Wheeler jury to resume deliberations in Iowa tax credit case
A Polk County jury continues deliberations in the Tom Wheeler case. Wheeler, 42, Indianola, faces nine felony counts including misconduct in office and first degree fraudulent practices over the mismanagement of an Iowa film tax credit program. Prosecutors call him an inside man. defense says he was a low level manager without industry expertise.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa
Tom Wheeler
Wheeler
Indianola
State Department
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