Teresa Bjork

Iowa shoppers want to know more about where their food comes from, and many are buying directly from local farmers and meat lockers.

Clean water matters to every Iowa family. That’s why Iowa farmers, landowners and conservation partners are building wetlands to help improve water quality in streams and rivers.

Your phone might track your sleep, but pig farmers are already using even smarter tech to care for animals. Here’s how today’s barns run like high-tech homes to help raise safe, healthy food.

Easy ways to help the environment often start right at home – and many of them can also save us money. One simple place to start is to reduce food waste at home.

So far in 2026, one of the biggest stories in the business world is how tech companies like Amazon and Google are cutting thousands of jobs.

Like a lot of families, you will probably come home today to an Amazon package (or two, or five) waiting on your front steps.

If you prefer whole milk, go ahead and enjoy it. The latest research shows that reduced- or full-fat dairy products, including whole milk, can actually be beneficial to heart health and also aren’t more likely to cause weight gain.

If you’re a regular online shopper, you may come home today to an Amazon package (or two, or five) waiting on your front steps. Surprisingly, those cardboard boxes often get their start in an Iowa cornfield.

At the beginning of the new year, we often make resolutions to start a healthy habit, or maybe we set new lofty goals, like finishing our bathroom remodel.

While I can’t always follow the advice to “do less,” I can try to eat healthier. The good news is, the latest research shows that a healthy diet can benefit our memory, mood and overall brain health as we age.

My neighbor recently saw me unloading groceries from my car, and instead of our usual small talk about the weather, we started chatting about high food prices.