Katie Peikes
Katie Peikes is Iowa Public Radio's agriculture reporter. She joined IPR in July 2018 as its first-ever western Iowa reporter. Before she moved to Iowa, Katie worked as a science reporter and fill-in host for Delaware Public Media, where she spent two years reporting on Delaware's coast and the region’s poultry industry. She has also worked as a journalist in Utah, where she reported on a wide range of topics including local government, education and the environment. You can contact Katie at kpeikes@iowapublicradio.org.
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Many people in prison learn trades, like cooking or landscaping. It helps prepare them for life after they’re released. Some prisons are doing something different: they’re training inmates to work with bees.
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Nineteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities are getting a boost in research funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The money could have a broader impact for minority communities.
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There’s been a lot of hype around how farmers can make money from selling the carbon their plants naturally remove from the air, but there are still…