Today’s editorial says: “The claim that U.S. agriculture “feeds the world” is not a harmless myth. It provides a moral justification for continuing practices that have harmed Iowa’s environment and led to low prices for farmers. It also can be used as political ammunition.”

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/10/09/editorial-dont-expect-iowa-farmers-feed-world/91735242/?hootPostID=ae4802f80eb8b818c9e57407af733e3c

This kind of discourse also hides the fact that 1 in 8 Iowans are food insecure, and 1 in 5 Iowa children does not have enough to eat.

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A field of golden grain, with a small red barn roof off to the side in the background.