The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it would take significant steps toward eliminating trans fats in American food within the next three years. The move will likely change the way major food producers make popular foods, including some coffee creamers, frozen pizzas, refri
Iowa’s estimated 2014 population of 3.1 million marked a 2 percent increase from when the 2010 census was taken, a rate slower than the 3.3 percent national population growth in that same time. This IowaWatch Connection podcast takes you deeper into the story.
Federal agencies are required to buy products made from materials that were once living. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 mandated that if the products are reasonably priced and available, federal agencies have to buy them. A U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on June 1
St. Louis-based seed company Monsanto’s attempts to merge with Swiss chemical business Syngenta are still going strong – even though Syngenta deemed Monsanto’s latest offer “inadequate.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has followed the ongoing saga closely. On June 14, it reported that taxes will likely
Three U.S. agribusiness companies face a lawsuit regarding child labor at cocoa plantations. Plantation workers filed the case against Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and Nestlé in 2005 when the workers were 12 to 14 years old. The case is now scheduled for a final ruling in the Supreme Court.
Is graffiti a form of vandalism...a form of art...or both at the same time? Graffiti has been transformed from simply writing a name on a wall, to a cultural phenomenon with competitive aspects.
The recently proposed Renewable Fuel Standards sparked a flurry of angry comments from U.S. policymakers, representatives and industry leaders. All renewable fuels face cuts. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed to cut 3.75 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol from original 2014 through 201
Swiss chemical company Syngenta received a second offer from St. Louis-based agribusiness Monsanto over the weekend. The value of the offer was roughly equal to when Monsanto tried to buy Syngenta in April. At the time, the seed giant offered Syngenta a reported $45 billion, a figure that Syngenta p
Bundles of newspapers are in the state historical archives, waiting to be preserved...but there’s disagreement over how to do it. One state agency refused a quarter million dollars to do the work. We’ll tell you why, and also look to the future of the industry.
Video games have come a long way since Pong and Frogger...and it's not just males who play them. Are the games themselves enhancing gender stereotypes? And do their realistic look add to reinforcing negative images?
It's been five years since the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism started producing in-depth news reporting...this week, we'll give you an update on some of the stories IowaWatch has covered, and we'll take a look ahead at what we'll all be talking about in the future.
Succeeding in college is hard enough, but the challenges are even greater for a student with a hidden illness...one the rest of us cannot see, such as juvenile arthritis, autism, learning disabilities, depression or anxiety.
