This week on The Exchange how we can make our world healthier.
We talk with the former head of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University about preserving the health of our rivers and the quality of our water. Neil Hamilton has just published a new book called The River Knows: How the Water and Land Will Shape Our Future. You can find out more at The River Knows Ice Cube Press.
Also, we talk with recently retired University of Iowa researcher Chris Jones who is known for his University of Iowa blog on water quality. Chris Jones Blog.
Jones who says it’s time to tackle the problem of hog waste run-off t on our water. We talk with Chris Jones the author of The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality. You can also check out his latest work at River Racoon Substack.
An Iowa City based advocate for safer food and better treatment of animals describes the effect of overuse of antibiotics on our food supply. We talk with Steve Roach of the Farm Animal Concerns Trust. He lives in Iowa City.
For more information about FACT go to www.foodanimalconcernstrust.org.
And we find out about the toxins in some of our active wear and other fast fashion with journalist Alden Wicker. She is the author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick-And What We Can Do About It.
You find out more at Wicker's website Ecocult Sustainable Fashion.
We also have another edition of Small Wonders as Jim Schaap follows the Corps of Discovery. You can see more of this series of Small Wonders at Small Wonders on Siouxland Public Media.
Sioux City's annual Greek Fest is set for this weekend, July 28-30 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
Siouxland Public Media's Mark Munger visits with the ladies who make some of the delicacies we enjoy each year at Greek Fest.
