Databases
Databases
Minnesota County Buffer Lookup Tables
Water pollution from farmland is a major problem in southern Minnesota and wherever row crops dominate the landscape across the United States.
Databases
The database tracks $256 billion in farm subsidies from commodity, crop insurance, and disaster programs and $39 billion in conservation payments paid between 1995 and 2012. Videos
Videos
Bad federal policy and intensifying storms are washing away the rich dark soils in the Midwest that made this country an agricultural powerhouse and that remain the essential foundation of a healthy and sustainable food system in the future. The Environmental Working Group produced this short film with Atlas Films that provides stark images illustrating how federal farm subsidies and ethanol mandates, piled on top of skyrocketing crop prices are supporting an intensive monoculture that kneecaps any hope for a more resilient and diverse food and farm system. For more information, please visit www.ewg.org/losingground/. Graphics and Photography
Graphics and Photography
After a year of record-setting drought, storm after storm pummeled the Midwest this spring. 
Graphics and Photography
EWG revisited 18 of the crop fields it had first surveyed in 2013, and the news was better. Interactive Maps
Maps | Water
Tracking the existence of agricultural buffers For five Iowa counties - 2015
Low Hanging Fruit - Stream Buffer Rule = Cleaner Water, Little CostRelevant Study
Maps | Water
Southern Minnesota Buffer Assessment - 2014
Tracking the existence of agricultural buffers in Southern MinnesotaRelevant Study
Maps | Water
Southern Minnesota Buffer Assessment by Watershed - 2014
Tracking the existence of agricultural buffers in Southern Minnesota by watershed.Relevant Study
Maps | Water
Southern Minnesota Buffer Assessment by County - 2014
Tracking the existence of agricultural buffers in Southern Minnesota by county.Relevant Study
Maps | Health
Frac Sand Mining Operations in the Driftless Region - 2014
Documenting frac sand facilities in the Driftless Region.Relevant Study
Maps | Health
2,4-D Potential Drift Exposure by Elementary Schools - 2014
Looking at the potential of pesticide drift into nearby elementary schools.Relevant Study
Maps | Health
2,4-D Potential Drift Exposure to Specialty Crops - 2014
Looking at the potential of pesticide drift into nearby specialty crops.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Washout Revisited: Erosion Survey of Central Iowa - 2014
Observing erosion in Central Iowa after spring showersin 2014.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Washout: Erosion Survey of Central Iowa - 2013
Observing erosion in Central Iowa after spring showers in 2013.Relevant Study
Maps | Health
Survey of recent dust storms throughout areas of recent cropland expansion.Relevant Study
Maps | Water
Monster Wells: Hydro Frac Well Water Consumption - 2014
Assessment of hydro fracking wells that consumed more that 10 million gallons of water.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Farm Services Agency - New Breakings 2011-12 - 2013
Visualization of USDA Farm Services Agency's report of virgin land going into production.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Highly Erodible Land Conversion 2008-12 - 2013
Detection of recently converted tracts of highly erodible land.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Wetland & Wetland Buffer Conversion 2008-12 - 2013
Detection of recently converted tracts of wetlands and wetland buffers.Relevant Study
Maps | Policy
Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy Growth 2008-12 - 2013
National Assessment of crop insurance premium subsidy growth from 2008 to 2012.Relevant Study
Maps | Policy
Top 26 Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy Recipients 2011 - 2013
Looking at the top 26 recipients of crop insurance premium subsidy over one million dollars.Relevant Study
Maps | Land
Expired Conservation Reserve Program Contracts 2006-2012 - 2013
Visualization of USDA Farm Services Agency's expired not re-enrolled CRP contracts.Relevant Study
