Ep. 123: He's Running to Fix Iowa's WATER CRISIS w/ Dr. Chris Jones

<p>Our guest today is a water scientist, author, and the 2026 Democratic nominee for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. Chris Jones. For years as a research engineer at the University of Iowa, Chris used raw data to sound the alarm on agricultural runoff and industrial pollution—even writing the acclaimed book, <em>The Swine Republic</em> where he held few punches toward the current production agriculture model that has contributed to high nitrate levels in our water ways and the state with the highest rate of new cancer cases out of the US.  Now, he’s stepped out of the lab and onto the campaign trail to take on multi-national corporate agribusiness, fix Iowa’s water quality crisis, and rethink the future of the family farm.</p>