Tag Archives: Iowa agriculture

More On Chris Jones’ Potential Run For Ag Secretary

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Trish Nelson

“We’re not going to change until we start articulating different ideas and start talking about the pathways to get to these other ideas.” – Chris Jones It is great news that Chris Jones is considering running for Secretary of Agriculture … Continue reading →

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Three Upcoming Events On Water Quality And Family Farming

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Water Quality Solutions Town Hall: A CISWRA Follow Up Saturday, November 15 • 1:00 – 4:00 pm Drake University Meredith Hall 2805 University Avenue, Des Moines Organized by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Iowa Food and Water Watch, and Progress … Continue reading →

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Chris Jones Would Run As A Democrat For Ag Secretary

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Trish Nelson

This story was originally published by Sentient by Nina B. Elkadi Former University of Iowa researcher Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. Jones, who currently serves … Continue reading →

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Are Iowa Rivers And Streams Degraded Beyond Repair?

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Also, this is an excerpt from Chris Jones’ free Substack, The Swine Republic. Sign up to receive it here.  https://riverraccoon.substack.com/   Jones’ book, The Swine Republic is available at Ice Cube Press, Amazon,  and a number of Iowa bookstores. “The … Continue reading →

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DNR Moving Forward With Executive Order Revision of CAFO Regulations

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Important update about CAFO regulation (sounds more like deregulation) from the website of Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors – JFAN jfaniowa.org by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director The DNR is now continuing its revision of Chapter 65 under the direction … Continue reading →

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Major Wins For Environment v Factory Farms

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Important update and action alerts from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement: Last week brought us two major court victories in our work to protect family farmers and our water from the corporate factory farm industry. On Monday, our legal team … Continue reading →

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Crops in Northwest Iowa Suffer Due to Drought

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Paul Deaton

Photo credit: Josie Taylor | July 6, 2022. This is the second in our July series called Feature Friday. Iowa Environmental Focus, a product of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) at the University of Iowa, is … Continue reading →

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Pulitzer Winner Reveals How To Save Iowa

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Trish Nelson

  “It’s a religious issue in Iowa that you cannot interfere with the production of livestock in any form and that’s handed down to us by Moses. Agriculture is our state religion and nothing will get in the way of … Continue reading →

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The Biden Administration’s Agricultural Policies

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau Published with permission About 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas. Much of the rural land is arable and asset-rich, feeding and fueling the rest of the country. Rural places also provide opportunities for outdoor … Continue reading →

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722 To 45,000: CAFOs And Candidates

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Trish Nelson

CCI (Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement),  is leading the fight to do something about Iowa’s CAFO problem.  CCI is taking advantage of the Democratic presidential candidates’ presence in Iowa by lining up CAFO tours.  This is a great idea to … Continue reading →

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