Author Chris Jones will visit the Knoxville Public Library on Thursday, October 24th to talk about his book “The Swine Republic”. Dr. Jones was a research engineer at the University of Iowa and has spent a majority of his career working and studying in the agriculture, environment, and water field. The Swine Republic is a book about the struggles with the truth about agriculture and water quality. In the book, Jones confronts water quality struggles in an agriculture rich state like Iowa. Jones tells KNIA/KRLS that he wants to speak to others and inform them about this issue.