I first saw Diane Rosenberg speak at an event in late 2025. She was talking about the dangers of CAFO’s. At the time I still hadn’t seen a CAFO in Iowa. Well, I mean…I had seen the buildings but didn’t know what they were. During her talk I quickly was made to understand that CAFO’s in Iowa were a huge factor in terms of water quality and animal welfare. When we met in March for this interview, I still knew very little about the topic though. And so the questions you will hear me ask may seem super basic…it’s because they are. I was starting at the very beginning in terms of my research of the role that CAFO’s play here in Iowa.

Diane's Links:

www.jfaniowa.org
[email protected]
www.Facebook.com/JFANIowa
http://www.iowaresponsibleagriculture.org/

Charlie's Links:

https://iowaprairieproject.blog

The intro and outro music are original compositions made for this podcast, created and played by Anthony Arnone of Iowa City. The music tracks were sound engineered by Jay Siebold of Sieboldsound.com.

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Intro Song/DAWN 
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 Intro/outro Sound Mastering by: https://www.sieboldsound.com

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