EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run

EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run

“I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.

Chris Jones Would Run As A Democrat For Ag Secretary

Photo of Chris Jones. Credit: Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette This story was originally published by Sentient by Nina B. Elkadi Former University of Iowa researcher Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. Jones, who currently serves as president of the environmental advocacy group Driftless Water Defenders, has long been a critic of industrial agribusiness in Iowa…