Tag Archives: #CAFOResistance

How To #Resist Factory Farms

Posted on December 23, 2019 by

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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How Corporations Swallowed Family Farms In Iowa

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

This from The Guardian: How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms. Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market.  Semi-automated pig … Continue reading →

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What Is A CAFO?

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

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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722 To 45,000: CAFOs And Candidates

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

CCI (Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement),  is leading the fight to do something about Iowa’s CAFO problem.  CCI is taking advantage of the Democratic presidential candidates’ presence in Iowa by lining up CAFO tours.  This is a great idea to … Continue reading →

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Iowa Needs CAFO Moratorium

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

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

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Update: Iowa’s CAFO Problem

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

Updated YouTube link: Tim Wagner, Izaak Walton League, Agriculture Outreach Coordinator Rodger Routh Video

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Factory Farm Teach-In

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

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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ALL Iowa Counties Now Have Poor or Very Poor Water Quality

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

CAFO Action Alert:  For daily CAFO updates, follow Joan Olive on Facebook Want healthy air and water, Iowa? This link will give you the phone/email for your elected officials so you can tell them to support SF2008- Moratorium & HF456 / … Continue reading →

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Shocking: Number of Iowa CAFOs Up To 10,000 Today From 722 in 2001

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

[Source: “Report calls for hog farm moratorium, new permit system,” The Republic, David Pitt, 26 Jan 2018 ] DES MOINES, Iowa — A new report on the rapid expansion of hog farms in Iowa calls for a moratorium on new … Continue reading →

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Meeting For People Who Oppose Factory Farms

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

Sharing is caring!  Action Alert from CCI: You’ve probably heard: following the construction of two massive slaughterhouses, Iowans are bracing for yet another factory farm influx. Over the last three months, Iowa Select has inundated North Central Iowa with plans … Continue reading →

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