Author of the book The Swine Republic, Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality and blogging at https://riverraccoon.substack.com
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Ag secretary candidate Chris Jones wants 50% of school meals to be sourced locally • Iowa Capital DispatchAs part of his bid to be Iowa’s next secretary of agriculture Chris Jones has a goal of requiring schools to source more local food.iowacapitaldispatch.comcivileats.com/2026/07/27/w... “What aggravated the legislature was not so much the data collection itself, but that the data was so easily accessible by the public,” Jones said. “That discredits what they’re hearing from politicians about the nutrient strategy working.”
Water Contamination From Ag Is a Top Issue in Iowa MidtermsWith polluted waterways and rising cancer rates, many Iowa voters will be choosing candidates based on their plans to address the problem.civileats.comThose farms, Jones says, are an attempt to control nature, and “what has controlling nature here done for us?” He turns back to the pond. “It’s polluted all our water. It’s really destroyed a lot of Iowa.” www.esquire.com/news-politic...
There’s a MAGA-MAHA Brouhaha Brewing in IowaPesticides and fertilizers are washing off the state’s farms and into its waterways, sending cancer rates through the roof. Guess who’s backing the chemical conglomerates?www.esquire.com“Avoidance of water quality, avoidance of the environmental consequences of agriculture has been a real tragic mistake here for the Democratic Party.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State BluerDemocrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.www.politico.comA near majority of the Supreme Court was eager to conclude these words meant something else. So it does make one wonder if there’s literally anything in the constitution they’d be unwilling to misconstrue for their own political objectives
Robert ReichThe 14th Amendment, ratified July 9, 1868: “All persons born or naturalized in the U.S., and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. and of the State wherein they reside.” This includes U.S.-born children of immigrants, as reaffirmed in 1898 by SCOTUS. Remember this.
