[SoothingDave]

He may very well think that, but the thing I think you're remembering was actually a local program (Dubuque, I think) where a town was trying to "ethnic up." I don't think it was successful. Iowa's just going to be really white for the forseeable future and people are just going to have to deal with it.

I knew it was someone in Iowa, didn't remember who. How can both the farmland be decreasing and the population decreasing?

SD

[trad_anglican]

How can both the farmland be decreasing and the population decreasing?

Fewer acres planted. The land is still there, it's just reverting to prairie. People (usually young) move out of the state. The population gets older every year as well as smaller (in numbers, not height - though I swear my grandmother is shrinking).