Dan Egan in conversation with Dick Cates

Dan’s newest book, THE DEVIL’S ELEMENT: PHOSPHORUS AND A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE, is an insightful exploration of one of earth’s most significant and dangerous natural resources. With a journalist’s ability to translate meticulous research into a thrilling story, Egan brings phosphorus’s checkered history to life. Today, with phosphorus at the center of an increasingly dire environmental disaster poisoning freshwater sources all over the globe, its history has taken on renewed significance.

Dick Cates, local farmer, conservationist, and much more (see bio below!) will talk with Dan about his work and what we as communities and individuals can do to help with this serious issue.