Dodge County, incorporated : Big Ag and the undoing of rural America / Sonja Trom Eayrs ; with assistance by Katherine Don.
"Sonja Trom Eayrs's work exposes corporate agriculture abuses in rural Minnesota and the stories of the people fighting against them"-- Provided by publisher.
In 2014 Sonja Trom Eayrs's parents filed the first of three lawsuits against Dodge County officials and their neighbors, one of the few avenues available to them to challenge installation of a corporate factory farm near their intergenerational family farm in Dodge County, Minnesota. For years they'd witnessed the now widely known devastation wrought by industrial hog operations--inhumane treatment of animals and people, pollution, the threat of cancer clusters, and more. They'd had enough. They also deeply understood an effect of Big Ag rarely discussed in mainstream media--the hollowing-out of their lifelong farming community and economy in service of the corporate bottom line. In a compelling firsthand account of one family's efforts to stand against corporate takeover, Dodge County, Incorporated tells a story of corporate malfeasance. Starting with the late 1800s, when her Norwegian great-grandfather immigrated to Dodge County, Trom Eayrs tracks the changes to farming over the years that ultimately gave rise to the disembodied corporate control of today's food system. Trom Eayrs argues that far from being an essential or inextricable part of American life, corporatism can and should be fought and curbed, not only for the sake of land, labor, and water but for democracy itself."--Publisher's website.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496234995
- ISBN: 1496234995
- Physical Description: xvii, 310 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-298) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. The takeover -- Part 2. The lawsuit -- Part 3. The resistance -- Part 4. The reclamation. The takeover. Moving to the country -- Fertile soil -- The big pig pyramid -- The meeting at Lansing Corners -- Get big or get out -- The battle in Ripley Township -- The lawsuit. The economics of the great pig explosion -- In the tank for Big Ag -- Getting to know your neighbors -- Industry watchdogs -- Risk of pollution -- The resistance. Don't drink the water (or the Kool-Aid) -- The corporate bully -- In the trenches -- The three-day stink out -- The reclamation. Corporate indoctrination -- The pork board -- Feed the world -- On the front lines -- Expanding the corporate empire -- A new vision for farm country. |
Biographical or Historical Data: | Sonja Trom Eayrs is a farmer's daughter, rural advocate, and attorney. She is involved in several rural advocacy organizations, including the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project, Farm Action, Land Stewardship Project, and Dodge County Concerned Citizens. Trom Eayrs also serves as the business manager for the Trom family farm in Dodge County, Minnesota. |
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