Feeding the world also feeds Iowa farmers. Congress needs to help.

By: Amb. Ken Quinn

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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In November 1979, I escorted Gov. Robert D. Ray and first lady Billy Ray to the Thai-Cambodian border, where we witnessed thousands of Cambodians who had escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide starving to death. Victims were dying at the rate of 50 to 100 a day, bulldozed into mass graves.

After this trip, Gov. Ray started the Iowa SHARES (Iowa Sends Help to Aid Refugees and End Starvation) campaign, which rushed lifesaving food and assistance …

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