In this podcast, we discuss Confined Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs) and their history in Iowa with an expert panel of speakers:

• "Colonization and farming in Iowa - an Indigenouse perspective on Colonial-Capitalist farming practices".  by Shelley Buffalo, Great Plains Action Society 
• "The Farm Crisis of the 1980's and Rise of Vertical Integration" by John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Missouri at Columbia
• "Local Fight" by Diane Delozier-Lahr, Activist with 100Grannies and long-time Johnson County Resident
• "False Solutions - Restrictions on Local Control, Ag-Gag and Hostile judicial Proceedings" by Tyler Lobdell, Staff Attorney at Food and Water Watch
• "Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Systeems & Biogas Partships (greenwashing)" by Silvia Secchi, Associate Professor, UI Dept Geographical & Sustainability Sciences Public Policy Center. Organizer of "We All Want Clean Water Now"
• "Organizing against Big Ag" by John Aspray - Food and Water Watch Senior Organizer
• "Fight for a Moratorium" by Diane Rosenberg, Executive Director of Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, inc. 

This presentation was sponsored by 100 Grannies For a Livable Future, The Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture and The Iowa City Public Library.

You can watch the video at the Iowa City Public Library YouTube channel, or go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKn3w2S6w8