Culture of Cultivation: Is Agriculture a Broken System?
Featuring Dr. Silvia Secchi, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Studies at the University of Iowa. Agriculture is ingrained into Iowa culture. But it is also at the root of Iowa's environmental degradation. Outdated farming practices and fruitless policies make agricultu…
Episode 110: Professor Silvia Secchi and Iowa’s Industrial Agriculture
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 agricult…
Iowa Climate Statement 2020 Contributors Participate in a Virtual Press Conference Following Statement’s Release
Nicole Welle | October 8, 2020
Climate experts David Courard-Hauri, Silvia Secchi and Eric Tate gave statements on the main points of the Iowa Climate Statement 2020: Will COVID-19 Lessons Help Us Survive Climate Change and answered questions from the press in a virtual press conference…
E8: The Story of Iowa's Factory Farms - A Critical History & Solutions
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…
Introducing: The Farm Bill Uprooted
The Farm Bill sets the course for our food and agriculture system in the U.S. – and right now, there's a lot that's not working. How did we get here? And how can we fix it? Coming soon from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a new 6-part podcast series: The Farm Bill Uprooted. Episode …
The Farm Bill Uprooted Episode 2: Polluted
After decades of Farm Bill policy incentivizing the overproduction of commodity crops, conventional agriculture in the U.S. has taken an increasing toll on water, soil and the climate — and on farmers’ own ability to withstand extreme weather and climate disruptions. Episode Two of the Farm Bill Up…
The Sonoma Ballot Measure That Could Change the Farm Industry
A controversial ballot measure in Sonoma County could reshape agriculture in the region and beyond. Measure J would ban so-called “concentrated animal feeding operations" — essentially a prohibition on large farms, which proponents of the measure derisively call factory farms. It has split the hist…
How the Animal Agriculture Industry Blocks Methane Regulation
For decades, the meat and dairy industries avoided scrutiny for the planet-heating emissions they pump into the atmosphere. As governments began considering methane regulation, the animal agriculture sector starting working on efforts to resist such regulations. Siliva Secchi (University of Iowa) a…
Water quality in the age of deregulations
As President Donald Trump has promised deregulation, experts share what that means for water quality and where regulations already fall short. Farmer and former Iowa Corn Growers Association President Tim Recker has dramatically changed his farm, going no-till and adding wetlands. Water quality pro…
Mississippi Watershed Past, Present, and Futures
A conversation with Professor Silvia Secchi (University of Iowa) about the Mississippi River watershed, its sociohydrology, and visioning alternative futures. Released October 9, 2026.
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