The Iowa Stops Hunger Podcast shines a light on food insecurity — and the Iowans working to end it. Through candid conversations and inspiring stories, each episode explores the causes and scope of hunger across the state and highlights how businesses, nonprofits and individuals are creating solutions to ensure every Iowan has enough to eat.
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Nov 13, 2026 · 29:00
Volunteerism drives the fight against hunger at many nonprofit organizations. Podcast host and Business Record reporter Lisa Rossi dives deeper into the importance of volunteers…
Oct 9, 2026 · 27:23
It’s not just the brain fog that comes with skipping breakfast; chronic hunger can take up a lot of mental energy when you’re constantly worrying about where your next meal might…
Sep 11, 2026 · 27:54
Host Lisa Rossi chats with local leader Chuck Current about Meals from the Heartland. Current is the executive director of the faith-based nonprofit organization, which works to…
Sep 4, 2026 · 23:32
In this special episode, dsm magazine editor and Iowa Stops Hunger Podcast host Michael Morain introduces Tina Potthoff, senior vice president of communications for Hy-Vee, to…
Aug 14, 2026 · 37:17
In our previous episode of the Iowa Stops Hunger Podcast, DMARC CEO Kathy Underhill and Food Bank of Iowa CEO Tami Nielsen spoke about how increasing need and decreasing…
Jul 10, 2026 · 46:26
dsm editor Michael Morain sits down with Food Bank of Iowa CEO Tami Nielsen and DMARC CEO Kathy Underhill for a conversation about how the two organizations are working together…
Jun 12, 2026 · 28:31
During this episode, dsm editor Michael Morain meets with Kathy Coady, chief development officer for Hope Ministries, to get a closer look at faith-based hunger support. They…
May 8, 2026 · 27:33
In this episode, Business Record reporter Lisa Rossi and Knock and Drop Iowa founder Zuli Garcia discuss the new multicultural pantry joining the DMARC Food Pantry Network in…
Apr 10, 2026 · 35:08
Business Record reporter Lisa Rossi chats with Luke Elzinga, DMARC’s policy and advocacy manager, about how policy decisions and legislation can affect people experiencing hunger…
Mar 13, 2026 · 26:54
Iowa State University distinguished professor and historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg joins us once again to discuss the Farm Crisis of the 1980s. American farmers and agricultural…
Feb 13, 2026 · 21:35
Deb Fenton-Roe is a Wapello County Veterans Affairs Commissioner and co-coordinator of the Veterans Mobile Food Bank in Wapello, one of only two veteran-specific distributions in…
Jan 9, 2026 · 25:55
Iowa State University distinguished professor and historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg talks through the history of food assistance in the United States. Over the years, different…
Jan 9, 2026 · 14:31
There’s just nothing like Iowa ... shrimp. Midland Co. founder Jackson Kimle in Ames explains how he plans to turn Iowa’s new shrimp farms into a jumbo business.
Jan 9, 2026 · 25:00
Through a program called Global Greens, Lutheran Services of Iowa helps hundreds of immigrants and refugees produce and sell many of the kinds of fruits and vegetables they…
Nov 13, 2025 · 16:29
Knowing about nutrition and putting it into practice are very different things. Katie Hassler and Corey Lewis, two health coaches with Broadlawns Primary Care Clinic in Des…
Nov 13, 2025 · 16:29
Knowing about nutrition and putting it into practice are very different things. Katie Hassler and Corey Lewis, two health coaches with Broadlawns Primary Care Clinic in Des…
Nov 13, 2025 · 15:21
Iowa has some of the most fertile farmland in the world. Katie McVey with Central Iowa Shelter & Services explains how she makes the most of it — even in downtown Des Moines,…
Nov 13, 2025 · 19:21
Iowa prides itself on feeding the world, but here at home, the benefits of that legacy aren’t shared equally. Shaffer Ridgeway from Southern Goods in Waterloo and Jonathan…
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