Op-ed: We Need a New Farm Bill—for My Iowa Farm and Beyond

Photo caption: Wendy Johnson at Jóia Food Farm in Charles City, Iowa. Photo credit: Tom Rafalovich (left) and Wendy Johnson (right). Article by Wendy Johnson. Civil Eats – April 5, 2023.

I grew up on a farm in Iowa during the Farm Crisis of the 1980s. Back then, life here was not flourishing, but dying. I pursued a career in fashion and moved to Los Angeles, where I discovered my connection to food. Then, 10 years ago, I returned to Iowa to find that things hadn’t changed much: Our small town was smaller, more farmhouses had been left to decay, and the big farmers had gotten bigger. […]

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