Chris Jones
What this job does: Leads the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, which oversees farm rules, food and animal safety, soil and water programs, and scales and fuel pumps. Serves a 4-year term.
- Current office
- None
- Occupation
- Water quality researcher and author
- Lives in
- Iowa City
Background
- Jones is a water quality researcher who worked at Des Moines Water Works, the Iowa Soybean Association, and as a research engineer at the University of Iowa. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- Jones wrote the book and newsletter "Swine Republic." source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
In their own words
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- Jones calls the race a "referendum on the condition of Iowa's water." source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- "Here in Iowa, we need to strategize about what comes after ethanol." source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
- Jones wants schools to get 50% of their food from Iowa farms. source: iowacapitaldispatch.com
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