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Aaron Calvin is a Des Moines-based freelance writer.

Get Out the Vote Efforts in Farm Country Are Reaching Young, Latinx, and Rural Voters

By Aaron Calvin

October 27, 2020

Registering a new Latinx voter in Iowa.

Iowa Farmers Face Climate-Fueled Destruction, While the Industry Says it’s ‘Just Weather’

By Aaron Calvin

September 9, 2020

Grain bins damaged by the derecho storm in are shown at the Heartland Co-Op grain elevator on August 11, 2020 in Luther, Iowa.

The Iowa Derecho Put Refugee Food Workers at Even Greater Risk

By Aaron Calvin

August 25, 2020

A woman stands outside the Cedar Terrace apartments after the derecho destroyed the building. Photo by Pat Rynard for Iowa Starting Line.