Iowa, the pig capital of the US, manure output is equivalent to that of Bangladesh, a country of 165 million people.

In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point.  For two decades, he had watched as his small farming community in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, was taken over by hog factory farms. The first one was built ...

Eayrs' book, "Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America" has been named a finalist for the ...

Sonja Eayrs' book "Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America" has been named a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards. Sonja Eayrs talks with a guest at a book signing ...

The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library announced today finalists in ten categories for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards, presented this year by sponsor Education Minnesota. New this year is a ...

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library has unveiled the finalists for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards. The winners in its 10 categories will be announced at an April 22 ceremony held at the Ordway ...

Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley “Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America” by Sonja Trom Eayrs (Bison Books ...