Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: More than 18 million people live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The federal government has put a lot of money and effort into cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, and the plan is working. But now that the Trump administration is in charge, the bay cleanup may be in jeopardy. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: I recently went out to meet one man whose farming practices have changed as policies to clean up the bay have also changed. We're about an hour and a half drive from Washington, D.C., in the part of Maryland where suburban sprawl has faded into farmers' fields, passing little creeks that drain into the Chesapeake Bay. And we're going to visit the farm of a man named Chip Bowling. He grows corn out here. And in fact, he's the chairman of the National Corn Growers Association. CHIP BOWLING: Good morning. Hey, there. SHAPIRO: Hey, I'm Ari. BOWLING: Hi, good morning. Chip Bowling. How are you? SHAPIRO: Good morning. Good to meet you. BOWLING:
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