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On June 3rd, following the LWV Upper Mississippi River Region Annual Meeting, UMRR will host Sonja Trom Eayrs, author of Dodge County Inc - Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America. The book is a compelling firsthand account of one farm family’s efforts to stand against corporate takeover.  

Starting with the late 1800s, when her Norwegian great-grandfather immigrated to Dodge County, Trom Eayrs tracks the changes to farming over the years that ultimately gave rise to the disembodied corporate control of today’s food system. Trom Eayrs argues that far from being an essential or inextricable part of American life, corporatism can and should be fought and curbed, not only for the sake of land, labor, and water but for democracy itself.oin Non-Profit Vote for "All 2025 Politics is Local" to learn about best practices for connecting the importance of voting to every day topics like parks, schools, public safety, and even those dreaded potholes.