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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Friday May 17, 2024 ( 3 items )  

IAFP Announces 2024 Award Recipients
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 17 -- The International Association For Food Protection issued the following news release: The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) will present awards recognizing excellence in food safety to the following organizations and individuals at IAFP 2024, July 14-17, in Long Beach, California. The IAFP Fellow Award is awarded to professionals who have contributed to IAFP and its affiliates with distinction over an extended period of time. This year's recipients  more

Iowa Farm Bureau and Fareway Launch 'Sizzlin' Summer Giveaway' to Highlight Value of Animal Protein
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, May 16 -- The Iowa Farm Bureau issued the following news release: Iowans can now enter for a chance to win a $200 meat gift card through Iowa Farm Bureau's Sizzlin' Summer Giveaway in partnership with Fareway Meat and Grocery. One winner will be announced from each of Fareway's 114 locations in Iowa. Additionally, one grand prize winner will receive a Traeger Pro 22 Smoker Grill, a $500 meat bundle, a Grizzly soft-sided cooler and other backyard barbeque gear. To enter,  more

Video: Kelley Robinson, Human Rights Campaign President, Gives Toast at Time100 Gala on the Inevitability of Progress in America
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson, named to TIME's 2024 annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, gave an inspiring, and rousing toast at the annual TIME100 gala, televised on ABC and streamed on Hulu earlier this week. Robinson's toast honored her family's journey from being the first free Black family in Iowa to her leadership of the largest LGTBQ+ civil rights o  more