Tag Archives: CAFOs

Nixing Another CAFO In Johnson County

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Ray Slach has applied to build another concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Johnson Couty, this one with more than 2,500 hogs. He already operates CAFOs in Johnson and Cedar Counties, and the size of the proposed facility is big … Continue reading →

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CCI Schools Jack Hatch On Factory Farms

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Trish Nelson

A note from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement – Gubernatorial candidate Sen. Jack Hatch now has a better understanding of the impact factory farms have on everyday Iowans and their communities. On Saturday, nine CCI Action members took Senator Hatch … Continue reading →

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Stop The King Amendment

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Trish Nelson

From our inbox: Stop The Factory Farm Protection Act A petition to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) Please join us in opposition to Rep. King’s Factory Farm Protection Act by signing this petition. There re 14,655 signatures.  345 signatures still needed. … Continue reading →

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Report Links Antibiotics In Livestock To Human Deaths

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Trish Nelson

sfgate.com [click here to see chart of how antibiotic resistance is spread] Washington — The Centers for Disease Control on Monday confirmed a link between routine use of antibiotics in livestock and growing bacterial resistance that is killing at least … Continue reading →

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RAGBRAI and Iowa Politics

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Trish Nelson, regular editor of Blog for Iowa, posted this photo on the Internet, reminding us that there is a world outside the confines of what Al Gore described as “the worldwide digital communications, Internet, and computer revolutions (which) have … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa Any Better Than China When It Comes To Hog Scandals?

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Trish Nelson

We think probably not.  Here is an excerpt of an article by Tom Philpott at MotherJones.com  about China’s dead-hog scandal and how Iowa and the U.S. compare.  Consider Iowa, which houses around 18 million hogs, making it our most hog-intensive … Continue reading →

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Iowans Plead With CAFO Farmer To Spare Them

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Trish Nelson

by Francis Thicke, reposted with permission.  Follow Francis on FB. Last night I witnessed an incredible hearing on two proposed CAFOs to be built near Batavia — totaling 10,000 hogs – in Wapello County. About 50 neighbors of the farmer … Continue reading →

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Is Your Community About To Be Corporate Factory-Farmed? Find Out About “Rights-Based” Organizing

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Trish Nelson

If your community is going to be “hydro-fracked, factory-farmed, used as a dumping ground for sewage sludge, drilled for corporate water withdrawals, used as a laboratory for genetically modified seeds; used for a transmission line, pipeline, or other energy project … Continue reading →

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5,600 Head Factory Farm Permit Denied In Linn County

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Trish Nelson

“We will not tolerate any more factory farms in our community,” said Regina Behmlander, a CCI member from Center Point who has helped galvanize community opposition to the proposal.  “We will continue to fight any attempt by any party to … Continue reading →

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Is It Possible To Fight Factory Farming And Retain “Iowa Nice”?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Say what you will about CCI, there is no other grassroots group that we know of fighting factory farms in Iowa.   Iowacci.org The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)  issued a formal response yesterday to a July investigative report by … Continue reading →

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