Tag Archives: corporate agriculture

Join The CCI Webinar How to Fight a Factory Farm

From our inbox. Check out this webinar. No organization that we know of works harder than CCI to stop factory farms. It’s no secret that CCI has always said “NO” to factory farms and “YES” to family farms. CCI members … Continue reading

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Ag-Gag Decision Huge Win For Workers And Free Speech

From our inbox: We have exciting news – a U.S. district judge struck down Iowa’s unconstitutional ag-gag law yesterday! This is a huge win for food workers, advocates, and free speech itself. This was the third time big ag and … Continue reading

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Iowa Farm Bureau Official: “Most Rural Communities Will Soon Disappear”

This article, To Revive Rural America We Must Fix Our Broken Food System,  by Iowa’s own Austin Frerick in the American Conservative, is a must read.  Here are some highlights. Click here to read the entire article.  While the outook … Continue reading

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Iowans Meet To Learn How To Strengthen Iowa’s Animal Welfare Laws

The Coralville Public Library room was standing room only as local citizens braved a fresh snowfall and cold temps to learn what can be done to help Iowa’s puppy mill dogs and more. Iowa ranks 49th in animal welfare laws. … Continue reading

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Who Really Owns American Farmland

“We’re used to thinking of escalating rents as an urban problem, something suffered mostly by the citizens of booming cities. So when city people look out over a farm—whether they see corn stalks, or long rows of fruit bushes, or … Continue reading

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