Tag Archives: corporate factory farms

A Growing Number Of Iowans Are Joining The Fight For Clean Water

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Factory Farms, Your Health and the Cancer Connection “The Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture (IARA) is a diverse coalition of community, state, and national, organizations who are concerned about the harmful impacts of factory farms and are each working to … Continue reading →

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Republican Control Freaks Iowa Style

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Have you noticed how Republicans are totally into bans, permanent rules, blocking individual freedoms, and nothing is too extreme for them? They must have EVERYTHING they want, not just some things, will stop at nothing, and compromise is a dirty … Continue reading →

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Iowans Are Organizing To Change Corporate Farming Practices

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Trish Nelson

The November 9 JFAN Annual Meeting, Bigger Is Not Better: Rural Communities in the Wake of Livestock Consolidation, was a great success. A total of over 500 people either participated in the meeting or viewed the recording now on the … Continue reading →

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Supreme Beef v Bloody Run Creek Update

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Jessica Mazour and Wally Taylor, representing Iowa Sierra Club, provide this update on the Save Bloody Run campaign. Check out the Lunch and Learn every Friday on Facebook “Supreme Beef is a beef operation (CAFO) near Monona in Clayton County, … Continue reading →

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Can Citizens Stop A CAFO?

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Trish Nelson

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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Iowa Select Withdraws Hog Factory Application In Tama County

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Trish Nelson

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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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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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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Iowans Can Take Action For Clean Water

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement: In 2013, thanks to the de-delegation petition filed by Iowa CCI members, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed that Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wasn’t enforcing the Clean Water Act … Continue reading →

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Art Cullen: “Agri-Chemical Cabal” Has Chokehold On Iowa

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Please read and share this column by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Art Cullen, of The Storm Lake Times http://www.stormlake.com/articles/2018/05/23/how-much-more-manure-can-we-handle A rapid and significant expansion in swine facilities here and across Iowa — with unheeded calls in the legislature for a … Continue reading →

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