Bennet Goldstein
Bennet Goldstein reports on water and agriculture as Wisconsin Watch’s Report for America representative on the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk—a collaborative reporting network across the Basin. Before this, Goldstein was on the breaking news team at the Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska. He has spent most of his career at daily papers in Iowa, including the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. Goldstein’s work has garnered awards, including the Associated Press Media Editors award for an explanatory feature about a police shooting in rural Wisconsin, and an Iowa Newspaper Association award for a series that detailed the impacts of the loss of social safety net programs on Dubuque’s Marshallese community. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Latest articles
page 1 of 1Lawsuit Against a Small Wisconsin Town Poses Critical Test for CAFO Regulations
The state’s biggest business lobby helps two residents challenge a Polk County town’s restrictions on livestock feeding operations
Alabama County Tells Wisconsin, “We Don’t Want Your Toxic PFAS”
“A state that is predominantly white is sending its waste that’s toxic to the Black Belt,” says sociologist Robert Bullard.
Regulating CAFOs Hits Snag in Wisconsin
Proponents of industrial agriculture seek access to emails and threaten local officials with lawsuits to prevent environmental regulation of CAFOs
Extreme Drought Threatens Farmers’ Livelihoods and Rural Economy
The signs of a changing climate harbinger hard times for agricultural communiities in the Great Plains and the Midwest
