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Tag Archives: #CAFOResistance
Mark Your Calendar for Stop Factory Farms Lobby Day
Meanwhile back in Iowa.. here is an action alert from Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture: With the legislative session right around the corner, we wanted to make sure you heard that the Stop Factory Farms Lobby Day is returning on … Continue reading
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Tagged #CAFOResistance, Factory farms in Iowa, Iowa legislative session 2023, Stop Factory Farms Lobby Day 2023
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Can Citizens Stop A CAFO?
From our inbox here is an update from CCI Issue Update Neighbors band together to oppose hog confinement – get an early win. A group of neighbors in rural Howard County banded together to share their concerns and express opposition … Continue reading
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Tagged #CAFOResistance, CAFOs in Iowa, corporate factory farms, Hog factories
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Iowa Select Withdraws Hog Factory Application In Tama County
From our inbox: Public pressure stops Iowa Select in Tama county Last week, Iowa Select withdrew a construction permit application to build a 5,000-head hog factory in Tama County! The secret sauce? Public pressure! The neighbors organized and put direct … Continue reading
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Tagged #CAFOResistance, Big Ag, corporate factory farms, Iowa Select hog factories
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Iowa Needs A CAFO Moratorium
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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Bill Maher Takes It To Big Ag And It’s Not Funny
Warning: This is hard to watch.
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Tagged #CAFOResistance, #notigerking, animal cruelty, CAFO moratorium
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Do This On Earth Day April 22
Action alert from CCI: Eighteen organizations have joined CCI in calling on Governor Reynolds to institute an immediate 6 month moratorium on factory farms to stop public health risks and environmental degradation brought by the factory farm industry. Women’s International … Continue reading
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Tagged #CAFOResistance, Covid-19 in Iowa, Factory farming in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds
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New Polling Suggests Iowans Support CAFO Moratorium
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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Tagged #CAFOResistance, CAFO moratorium, CAFOs in Iowa, corporate factory farms, Iowa pollution
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How To #Resist Factory Farms
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
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?
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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