Congress must strike pesticide immunity and EATS Act/Save Our Bacon language from the Farm Bill.

$300,000. That’s all the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Committee proposed allocating for funding the state’s real-time water monitoring network. The Senate committee allocated $Nothing.

TAKE ACTION HERE! Iowa ranks #2 in the U.S. for cancer and is one of two states where cancer cases are rising. Iowa also has some of the nation’s highest concentration of nitrates in our water. Drinking water laden with high nitrate levels is linked to several cancers. We need to know what’s in our water. This is a matter of public health. Recent scientific studies have found that increased nitrate levels in drinking water are directly linked to colorectal, thyroid, ovar

Iowa’s state legislators are on the verge of shutting down the University of Iowa IIHR real-time nitrate water monitoring network on June 30.

Photo: Shutterstock.com/Pixel-Shot On July 1 the state’s water quality sensor network that provides real-time nitrate monitoring will cease functioning. This would especially affect rural municipal water systems that rely on the IIHR network high nitrate level warnings. Would you support restoring funding for the IIHR water quality sensor network by allocating $1 million/year from the Groundwater Protection Fund where funds are already available? Additional Information for

Please send a comment to Representatives Zach Nunn and Randy Feenstra and tell them to strip harmful pesticide immunity language out of the Farm Bill.

Water quality, CAFO regulations, water monitoring restoration, and pesticide immunity legislation are all expected to come before the 2026 Iowa state legislature. Several federal bills on pesticide immunity and the EATS Act continue to be of concern.

JFAN is excited to announce the hiring of two new staff members

Former Polk County Administrator John Norris and Harkin Institute Director of Wellness and Nutrition Adam Shriver will present the science behind the CISWRA report's findings as well as discuss policies Iowa must implement to adequately address our water quality crisis and the politics involved in doing so.

Tell Congress Vote NO on the PERMIT Act and protect the Clean Water Act!

Water pollution is in the news this summer. High nitrate levels are affecting drinking water in Central Iowa, a new Polk County water quality report links 80% of nitrate pollution to agriculture, and too many beaches are unswimmable just when we need to cool off in this blistering heat. Given all that, I thought this is a good time to spotlight some of the ways I see Iowa's state government failing us.

The EATS Act is back – renamed the Food Security and Farm Protection Act, S. 1326 – and it’s no different than the original, dangerous EATS (Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression) Act first introduced in 2023 by Rep. Ashley Hinson.

89% of Iowans oppose the Cancer Gag Act, but the IA Senate is moving the bill forward. SF 394 would protect chemical companies from lawsuits

Matt Wechsler's new documentary, The Jungle, premieres in Fairfield, Iowa as a special Earth Week event.

The petition calls for removing a state’s right to issue warning labels that are more stringent than what is already federally approved.

by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director With the Iowa State Legislature officially underway, legislators have another opportunity to...

ACTION ALERT! Tell the EPA the DNR Must Be Accountable for Dirty Water!

Two different farming families on what it took to leave CAFOs behind and transform their farms into a sustainable operation.

Senator Grassley should support California Prop 12, not the EATS Act if he really cares about Iowa farmers.

Farm Action Fund's Joe Maxwell on the EATS Act - how it strengthens Big Ag, weakens rural communities, harms consumer, & how we can stop it.