Dodge County, Incorporated
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-3499-5 (ISBN)
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.
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. For more information about the author, visit sonjatromeayrs.com.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: A Readiness for Responsibility
Part 1. The Takeover
1. Moving to the Country
2. Fertile Soil
3. The Big Pig Pyramid
4. The Meeting at Lansing Corners
5. Get Big or Get Out
6. The Battle in Ripley Township
Part 2. The Lawsuit
7. The Economics of the Great Pig Explosion
8. In the Tank for Big Ag
9. Getting to Know Your Neighbors
10. Industry Watchdogs
11. Risk of Pollution
Part 3. The Resistance
12. Don’t Drink the Water (or the Kool-Aid)
13. The Corporate Bully
14. In the Trenches
15. The Three-Day Stink Out
Part 4. The Reclamation
16. Corporate Indoctrination
17. The Pork Board
18. Feed the World
19. On the Front Lines
20. Expanding the Corporate Empire
21. A New Vision for Farm Country
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 17 photographs, 1 table, 4 charts, index |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4962-3499-5 / 1496234995 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4962-3499-5 / 9781496234995 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
