Currently holds the office of Waverly-Shell Rock School Board - District 2 until December 31, 2027.
Candidate for Iowa House of Representatives - District 57 in 2026 Iowa Primary Election.
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Get StartedBig Ag businesses are getting richer while we get sicker. We have too many young people getting cancer, and Iowa is number one in key cancers not linked to behavior – leukemia and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. And it is not just cancer – other diseases including Parkinson’s are on the rise and linked to agrochemicals. We can start by limiting vertical integration by corporations and creating and enforcing antitrust laws to break up monopolistic pricing. Learn more
Iowa should empower the DNR to enforce existing regulations, require proper aerial application through reasonable fine enforcement and robust damage compensation for over spraying, and clean up our water through partnership practices I mention under water quality. Learn more
Water quality and its connection to agricultural practices are, understandably, of high concern to Iowans. Many Iowa farmers are adopting conservation approaches as they can. To do better, we must partner with farmers to give them more resources to install edge-of-field practices like bioreactors and wetlands to filter water. We can start with increased availability of forgivable implementation loans and free access to land-specific nutrient reduction plans. Learn more
We still have no idea how much water Iowa has in its aquifers. With water-consuming industries like data centers, ethanol plants, and carbon capture pipelines being proposed, discussed, or in the case of the latter forced upon us, we have to recognize the serious negative consequences of over permitting. Learn more
For the long-term health of our budget and economy, we must address Iowa's cancer and water quality issues and fund public education and critical services that will make Iowa graduates want to plant roots in our state. Learn more
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