Iowa Policy Project Report: State legislature failing to protect clean water
Governor Reynolds spending less on water quality improvement measures, while nutrient pollution from industrial agriculture isn’t getting any better An Iowa Policy Project (IPP) report released...
View Article5 reasons Iowa needs a moratorium on factory farms
And why your county supervisors should pass a resolution calling for one Iowa has too many factory farms. There are 27 million hogs in Iowa according to the DNR. That many hogs produce over 22 billion...
View ArticleIowa CCI Slams Impaired Waterways Report
Report spotlights state inaction on continually growing problem, failure of nutrient reduction strategy, lack of political will For Immediate Release 11/14/2019For more information, contact: Adam...
View Article18 Organizations Call on Governor Reynolds to Enforce a 6-Month Moratorium on...
Local, State, and National Groups Unite in Support of Immediate Moratorium on Factory Farms Amid Covid-19 Crisis Des Moines, IA – Iowans overwhelmed by COVID-19 crisis are infuriated by the Iowa...
View ArticleMyth-busters: If Iowa feeds the world, why can’t it feed us during COVID-19?
For more content like this sign up here to receive ‘The Dispatch” a monthly publication on all things food and water related from Iowa CCI. Corporate agribusiness entities have created a false moral...
View ArticleMoving Forward Together in the Call for Justice in Agriculture: In Iowa and...
Disclaimer: This 3-part web series only scratches the surface on how racism and white supremacy is embedded in every aspect of our current food and farm system. While not all-encompassing, this blog...
View ArticleClean Water & Factory Farms
If you’ve driven around Iowa, you may have noticed row after row of long metal buildings. These are factory farms run by giant corporations like Cargill, Smithfield, and Tyson Foods. A land that was...
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