Nina Elkadi
Nina B. Elkadi is an Editor-at-Large for Sentient. Her investigative reporting explores corporate influence within the agricultural industry, the environmental impacts of factory farming, and how negligence impacts consumers and workers. Her work also appears in National Geographic, Inside Climate News, Civil Eats, High Country News, Ambrook Research, JSTOR Daily, Barn Raiser and more. She splits her time between Washington D.C. and her hometown of Iowa City.
Latest articles
page 1 of 2Iowa’s High Cancer Rate Linked to Nitrate, Pesticides, PFAS and Radon
A new report combines science on environmental risk factors with the lived experiences of Iowans battling cancer
What Happens When a Small Town Can’t Drink Its Water?
Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems
Animal Agriculture Conference Asks: What’s the Future of Our Food System?
Iowa’s environmental crisis has policy leaders and farmers challenging corporate agriculture
National Farmers Union Pushes Congress on Farm Bill
Iowa farmers warn of lost opportunities to expand the agricultural safety net
Driftless Water Defenders Go on the Offensive in Iowa
New group mobilizes citizens to protect Iowa’s “last island of ecological integrity”
The Book That Made the ‘Hog Barons’ Squeal
A Q&A with author Austin Frerick on how the “barons” responded to his book and what consolidation in the food industry means for Main Street
