Grist published an article about Hardin and Woodbury counties.  Click the link below for the entire article.
A Tale of Two Counties
In the farm belt, a look at the extremes of agricultural production
By Tom Philpott 
10 Oct 2007
 
…Yet the logic of industrial agriculture has by no means conquered all hearts and minds in Iowa. I found plenty of people who are fighting back -- although they get little support from Iowa's politicians. And in small pockets scattered across the state, I found others organizing to reject industrial agriculture wholesale and reclaim Iowa's soil as a tool of local development. Here's a taste of what I saw, embodied in two very different places…
 
http://grist.org/feature/2007/10/10/counties/
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