By Kristine Frakes, DMARC Development Director This is a season when emerald fields of soybeans and corn blanket the rural Iowa landscape as far as the eye can see. It is also a time of high need for food assistance across central Iowa communities. Family budgets are stretched with summer child care costs and back-to-school clothing and supply demands. Yearly help for energy assistance has long since expired. Many health-impaired seniors will soon approach the “donut-hole” period of the year for medical care assistance, and struggle with the burden of added out-of-pocket healthcare costs. While Iowa farmers are well-known for feeding ...