John McCracken covers the industrial agriculture meat industry for Investigate Midwest.

Mónica Cordero is a Report for America corps member and part of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk team.

Rural America
Meatpacking Plants Disproportionately Pollute Poor, Non-White Communities
Postville, Iowa has long dealt with the fallout from Agri Star Meat and Poultry, the town’s largest employer—and the same is true in many towns near meatpacking plants.
John McCracken and Mónica Cordero