Tag Archives: CAFO moratorium

Join The Factory Farm Moratorium Movement

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Four years ago a moratorium on factory farms was not on the political agenda in Iowa. It is because of everyday people taking action we’ve seen growing support at the Statehouse each year since. While we understand … Continue reading →

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Iowa Needs A CAFO Moratorium

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Action alert – CCI has been leading the fight against CAFO proliferation in Iowa. Click on the link below to sign the petition. Yesterday, the Hardin County Board of Supervisors denied two proposed factory farm applications. The applications proposed by … Continue reading →

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Call For CAFO Moratorium

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Trish Nelson

 Action alert from GMOFreeUSA/ Tell your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor and support the Farm System Reform Act (FSRA): https://www.tinyurl.com/BanCAFOs We need to protect America’s children and communities by putting an immediate moratorium on factory farm CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher Takes It To Big Ag And It’s Not Funny

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Warning: This is hard to watch.

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New Polling Suggests Iowans Support CAFO Moratorium

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Trish Nelson

A Rodger Routh video “Last year a proposal was put forth in the Iowa legislature to increase oversight of CAFOs and to place a moratorium or ban on construction of new CAFOs and expansion of existing CAFOs. 53% of all … Continue reading →

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How To #Resist Factory Farms

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Trish Nelson

From our inbox here is an important message from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Tis the season to help us report and track manure application that violates the law and threatens our water. Here are the dates that are stated … Continue reading →

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What Is A CAFO?

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. – JFAN This is the first of five videos in a JFAN interview series with Dr. John Ikerd about CAFOs, Iowa’s #1 problem.  Visit Dr. Ikerd’s website here:  johnikerd.com/ “The operation runs like a … Continue reading →

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Iowa Needs CAFO Moratorium

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Trish Nelson

Protesters call for CAFO moratorium at Iowa state capitol this week.  Roger Routh video. 

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Factory Farm Moratorium Bill In Iowa Legislature

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Urgent action alert from CCI: For the first time ever, we have a factory farm moratorium bill in the statehouse! But, Senator Ken Rozenboom (R, Mahaska) is refusing to bring this bill (SF 2008) up for debate in sub-committee. He … Continue reading →

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Factory Farm Teach-In

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Factory farm teach-in with David Osterberg of the Iowa Policy Project Tuesday, February 6, 2018.  Follow Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement on Facebook.      #MoratoriumNow

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