Chris Jones

So, You Want Clean Water? Regulating farmers is not going to get the job done.

open.substack.com/pub/seandeng...

A wolf in farmer’s clothing Belle Plaine farmer Zach Lahn caught the nation’s attention last week talking up conservation agriculture with none other than Tucker Carlson, who was too far over the line for Fox News and is an earw...

Terry Branstad could have told IBPs Bob Peterson where to get off, but he was afraid to. Not Lahn. He sees ag oligopolies being at the root of the problem. Democrats like Tom Harkin used to talk that way. Chris Jones still does. Rob Sand is learning.

open.substack.com/pub/artculle...

It costs about $1 per kg to buy it but heaven forbid we ask them to buy even 10 kg less

But the ketchup tho

An Editorial: Silencing the press The American Taliban aims to starve the beast

open.substack.com/pub/artculle...

YouTube video by Van Garmon Chris Jones for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.

youtu.be/VVkfP0Q9-20?...

Ice Cube Press, LLC (@icecubepress) In my latest substack from two days ago I encourage you to contribute and spread the word of @Chris Jones’s campaign for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in the state of Iowa. Near the end of the post I ...

substack.com/@icecubepres...

How Agricultural Concerns Are Shifting Iowa’s Political Landscape Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen says agricultural issues like water pollution and cancer risk could sway the midterm elections.

“In fact, there is a Democrat research scientist, Chris Jones, a water researcher who is running for IA Sec of Ag. A quixotic mission in IA, a D running against an incumbent R; that’s really a tall task.”
civileats.com/2026/02/24/h...

#iowa #water

Soup and More — Story Dems Free Admission! Everyone is welcome to join us for our annual Winter Fundraiser with our famous homemade soups and desserts. We’ll have a great variety including vegetarian and gluten free options. D...

Saturday 2/28
Ames
Methodist Church
2622 Lincoln Way
www.storydems.org/main-calande...

We start taking back our Iowa clean waters on Sunday at my office. Come meet Chris Jones. 3 PM. We need to start winning.

Opinion: Farm runoff plagues Iowa's rivers. Rep. Miller-Meeks should wake up and smell the manure Three Iowa scientists who study agricultural runoff say the problem is painfully real and propagandists for the industry only make it worse.

From April 2021: Chris Jones answers Miller-Meeks, re: clean water. ♦️Chris Jones is candidate for Iowa Sec. of Agriculture:

chrisjonesforiowa.com

Iowa folks - this is a CAN’T MISS. From my pal Channing:

Chris Jones at my law firm this Sunday at 3 PM. Trump just acted to protect glyphosate, ensuring we will face decades of cancer and other harms. We gotta start winning this water-and-health fight. Chris is the answer.

President

Thinking Upstream About What’s Downstream How Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Race Is Becoming a Referendum on Water Quality, Public Health, and Agricultural Policy

open.substack.com/pub/malloryd...

Events | Polk County Democrats | Iowa A list of upcoming events in Polk County.

speaking tonight in Des Moines, 630, Hoover High School.
www.polkdems.com/events-1

USDA grant cuts leave Iowa farmers with with extra crops and not enough buyers Some Iowa farmers are left with too many crops and nobody to sell them to after two USDA grant cuts.

Have your ever heard Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig criticize Trump on this?

I haven't.

www.kcrg.com/2026/02/20/u...

It's interesting what's happening around roundup right now. Somebody is certainly worried about something

thehill.com/policy/energ...

Bill requires accommodation for unvaccinated students in clinical rotations • Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Senate Education Committee moved more than 10 bills to the Senate floor for debate consideration Wednesday evening.

Just batshit crazy. Soon, vaccines will be only for livestock.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/02/18/b...

Zach Lahn says Iowa must confront big ag as it fights rise in cancer Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn said big agriculture is the "elephant in the room" when it comes to tackling Iowa's rising cancer rates.

Democrats should be campaigning HARD on ending Farm Bureau hegemony in Iowa state government

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

#iowa #mmm #water

Poll found 82 percent of voters would vote for a political candidate who makes protecting clean water and curbing water contamination from industrial agriculture in Iowa a priority.

“And this is not a partisan thing.”

Stop the Insanity Iowa politicians of both parties, including Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (Cedar Rapids Gazette, February 12, 2022), are clamoring for federal government approval of year-round E15 blended g...

#Iowa: Stop the Insanity ...and elect Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social as your next Secretary of #Agriculture. To continue down the road you're on is to condemn yourself, your loved ones and your land to disease and ruin in the immoral name of #Biofuel.
open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...

Poll: Most Iowa voters consider water quality a 'very serious issue' Iowa's rising cancer rates top the list of serious concerns, found the poll commissioned by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch.

www.thegazette.com/environment-...

“It is abundantly clear that voters are fed up with the inaction they see in Des Moines and Washington,”

Stop the Insanity Iowa politicians of both parties, including Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (Cedar Rapids Gazette, February 12, 2022), are clamoring for federal government approval of year-round E15 blended g...

open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...

Illinois Democrats are calling for year-round, nationwide E15—a blend of 85% gasoline, 15% corn ethanol.

E15 hasn’t been allowed in summer because ethanol increases ozone pollution, but it’s now allowed in 7 Midwest states.

Let’s check how ozone levels in the corn states have been trending:

Stop the Insanity Iowa politicians of both parties, including Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (Cedar Rapids Gazette, February 12, 2022), are clamoring for federal government approval of year-round E15 blended g...

open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...

Meet Leila Staton Candidate for House District 54 Leila Staton is a Democrat running competitively for Iowa House District 54. The seat is currently held by Republican Joshua Meggers. Find our more about Leila at LeilaforIowa.com.  Follow Leila fo…

Meet Leila Staton Candidate for Iowa House District 54 blogforiowa.com/2026/02/16/m...