A Prairie Home Revival. Issue 1 (29th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: FARBER, BRIANNA
• Is Part Of: Conference proceedings. Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 539
• Page End: 539
• Publication Date: 2016-11-29
• Subjects: Natural resource management -- political ecology -- agriculture; Ethnology -- Congresses; 306.3
• DOI: 10.1111/1559-8918.2016.01113
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1559-890X

Abstract

Abstract : This presentation explores the struggle of natural resource conservation within Iowa industrial agriculture through the issue of water quality. I discuss the politics of scientific information, specifically how different powerful players use science to achieve their goals. Science can both reveal and obscure the history of Iowa's landscape, and history holds the key to understanding water quality problems. Finally, I describe what people are trying to do to bring industrial agriculture and prairie together to create a better system.