alling attention to the issue of nitrate pollution in Iowa's waterways as a result of current agricultural practices, my goal was to initiate a dialogue on social media prompted by guerrilla tactics. The issue of nitrate pollution has been steadily increasing over the past decade as a result of Iowa's lack of environmental mandates to maintain and monitor nitrate leeching from the soil into the watersheds. In 2015, this issue initiated a lawsuit by the Des Moines Water Works against three northern farming counties, citing runoff into ditches that feed into the Raccoon River as source points of the pollution.;I wanted to be disruptive in a constructive manner to see if Iowan's would respond on social media. There are common assumptions that people will post things to the internet that they would not have the courage to say out loud in person.;The hashtag ;The goal was to see if the imagery and messaging moved the audience to utilize or mention
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