The Iowa Dish Articles

{{a.summary}}

One of my daughter’s favorite books to read before bedtime is titled “The Happy Book and Other Feelings.” There’s a character in the book named Wet Hen, who wears a shower cap and bath towel, and she’s always angry about being soaking wet.

Get ready for a food safety pop quiz: Let’s say you’re planning to make chicken for dinner tonight.

One of the biggest challenges for busy parents is trying to encourage kids to choose healthy, nutritious foods.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Iowa Farm Bureau Food and Farm Index® finds that Iowans have a strong affinity for meat and dairy products with more than nine in 10 (99 percent) saying their households eat meat, eggs or dairy at least weekly.

2019 Conservation Farmer of the Year Jarad Weber is deeply invested in his land. It's his livelihood, and he wants to keep the soil where it belongs.

Meat and dairy consumption isn’t linked to the rise in childhood obesity, says Ruth MacDonald with Iowa State University’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.

From the Iowa Pork Producers Association (www.iowapork.org)

It’s hard to believe we’re only a few days away from the start of the Iowa State Fair, football season and the first day of school.

If you’re like most Iowans, you don’t leave the grocery store without a gallon of milk in your cart.

For many busy families, a favorite on-the-go healthy breakfast is whole grain cereal.

{{a.summary}}