Episode 110: Professor Silvia Secchi and Iowa’s Industrial Agriculture
The Checkout · Errol Schweizer
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Show Notes
Episode Notes
1:00 - What is your area of study and research?
9:20 - On the farming sector in Iowa.
13:30 - On farm subsidies.
17:40 - On the ethanol industry.
23:00 - On producing for feed for factory farming and resulting externalities.
32:00 - The role of policy in changing conventional agricultural practices in Iowa.
38:00 - On farm workers in Iowa.
40:30 - On President Biden’s plan to take on the consolidated meat industry.
44:00 - On reforming the USDA to better serve non-conventional interests.
50:00 - What would a climate friendly, safe food system look like in Iowa?
54:00 - Recommended readings: