Farm contains the observations of Dr. Glen A. Halva-Neubauer (HN), Dana Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, and those of his students who spend the month of May in Iowa investigating agriculture practices, policies, and politics. Halva-Neubauer grew up on a farm near Radcliffe, Iowa, a farming hamlet in Southwestern Hardin County.  During their time in Iowa, the Furman students live with Morris Stole, Ben and Carin Knutson, and Senator Annette and Dave Sweeney, farm families in the Radcliffe area.  The farm where HN and his siblings, Nancy Roberts and Denny Neubauer, grew up and Scott Neubauer (HN’s nephew), and his spouse, Becky, and their sons, Henry and Haakon, currently reside, serves as the site for course seminars. In designing the program, Halva-Neubauer is assisted by several family members including his brother, nephew, and longtime friends and Iowa agricultural luminaries, Dennis Friest and Iowa State Senator Annette Sweeney (R-Alden).  The course is designed to expose students to a wide variety of perspectives in production and sustainable agriculture.  The primary goal of the course is for students to grow in their sophistication about the US food system and the politics surrounding agricultural policies and practices.  The blogs contained within serve both as a guide to our time in Iowa and our take on a host of issues regarding US food and agricultural policy.