This @ninaelkadi.com piece hits close to home for me b/c our two children were born in Iowa. We left in 2008 and made the decision to come back in 2017. I’ve studied the environmental impacts of our extractive ag system for 25 years. I wonder often about the cost of living here on our kids’ health.

AI is getting *so good* that you might be quoted in an article written by AI and not mind because it kind of sounds like something you’d say, anyway. Via this rabbit hole inspire by @ryan.trailsmag.net’s experience thelocal.to/investigatin...

Did you know that, in Iowa, manure application records are considered confidential information, despite the impact of over-application on water quality and health? @ajbeamer.bsky.social and I report for @insideclimatenews.org and @sentientmedia.org

Confidential records, weak data infrastructure and outdated regulations limit oversight of Iowa manure spreading, a former state employee says.

Confidential records, weak data infrastructure and outdated regulations limit oversight of Iowa manure spreading, a former state employee says. @ajbeamer.bsky.social of @insideclimatenews.org and @ninaelkadi.com report:

Great deep dive by Paul Brennan at @littlevillage.bsky.social

@naomioreskes.bsky.social speaking truth as always: “It’s well for us to remember that some money really is tainted.”

During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures My latest for @sentientmedia.org

Iowa ag news!

EXCLUSIVE: Former University of Iowa professor Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

Big news out of Iowa filings this afternoon: