Motivations and Challenges for Adoption of Organic Grain Production: A Qualitative Study of Iowa Organic Farmers.

Organic grains are essential for the organic food industry. In the U.S.

Social approval of the community assessment model for odor dispersal: results from a citizen survey.

Odors emitted from US Midwest hog production facilities present farmers, residents, and state regulatory agencies with a set of complex challenges. To predict odor exposure from multiple swine production sources simultaneously, and to determine siting recommendations for proposed new or enlarged hog facilities, researchers at Iowa State University designed the community assessment model for odor dispersion (CAM). A three-county citizen survey conducted in Iowa examined the level of hypothetical social acceptance of the modeling process, and level of trust in CAM results.