Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.

A healthy workforce is essential to grow our state and compete in the global marketplace. These actions are important to improve the health security of Iowans by making healthcare more affordable and accessible.

I think people have to remember where we were in 2009. We were losing 800,000 jobs a month. We had an unemployment rate in double digits. We had poverty rates soaring. We had kids who were food insecure. Today in 2016, we have a lot less unemployment, a lot less poverty, and a lot fewer kids who are food insecure.

If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing.

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.