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Axios Des Moines
August 18, 2026

Synthetic Fertilizer Leads Nitrate Pollution in Central Iowa Rivers

A Polk County water assessment cited by Axios finds synthetic fertilizer is the largest nitrate source in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers at about 40%. Manure, nitrogen released from soybeans and atmospheric deposition from fertilizer and manure make up most of the remaining load.
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Reuters
August 19, 2026

Europe’s Drought Accelerates Shift Toward Climate-Resilient Farming

Reuters reports Europe’s 2026 heat and drought are accelerating interest in climate-resilient farming. UK farms using diverse pasture mixes and soil-building practices retained forage through dry conditions, while banks, insurers and food companies are backing regenerative transitions.
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CNBC
August 10, 2026

First Federal Definition of Ultra-Processed Food Moves to Final Review

HHS and USDA submitted the first proposed federal definition of ultra-processed food for final review but did not release its text. The announcement accompanied an FDA proposal requiring companies to notify the agency when they determine that a food ingredient is generally recognized as safe.
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Civil Eats
August 18, 2026

‘Bitter Honey’ Author Links Bee Vulnerability to Industrial Farming

In a Civil Eats interview, pollinator researcher and author Jennie Durant identifies pests, pathogens, pesticides, monoculture-driven poor nutrition and weak policy as interconnected threats to bees. She points to diversified farming, reduced pesticide use and habitat restoration as solutions.
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Axios Des Moines
August 18, 2026

Agriculture Produces About 80% of Nitrate Entering Two Central Iowa Rivers

Axios reports that a Polk County scientific assessment attributes about 80% of nitrate entering the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers to agriculture: roughly 40% from surplus fertilizer, 20% from manure and 20% from soybeans and other nitrogen-fixing crops.
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Farmdoc
August 12, 2026

Higher Fertilizer and Fuel Prices Raise Costs Heading Into Fall 2026

Farmdoc reports fertilizer and diesel prices are elevated heading into fall 2026, raising harvest costs and 2027 input expenses. Illinois anhydrous ammonia is 16% above last year, DAP 7% higher, and diesel more than 50% higher, adding pressure to crop and timing decisions.
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The Health of the Land Determines the Health of the Herd

Research shows that human health is greatly impacted by soil heath.

  • 90% of the Earth’s topsoil is likely to be at serious risk by 2050 if we fail to take action.
  • Today’s fruits and vegetables are 11% to 81% less nutritious since the 1930’s as a result of depleted soils.
  • In the past 100 years alone, 75% of global food crop varieties and over 93% of U.S. vegetable seed diversity have disappeared.

With chronic disease and environmental degradation on the rise, it’s urgent that we restore soil health —the foundation for healthy people, communities, and democracies.

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At United We Eat, we believe that food is medicine and that access to healthy food is the foundation for individual health, community well-being, and a fair, just, and democratic society.
 
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FOOD
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.”
— Wendell Berry
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HEALTH
"One quarter of what you eat keeps you alive. The other three quarters keeps your doctor alive.”
— Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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“The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”
— President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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