Tag Archives: corporate farming

Conference On Industrial Farm Animal Production The Environment and Public Health

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Wow! Forwarding this information from JFAN (Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors).   Check out the speakers list. This promises to be an amazing conference. Read on and watch the video below for complete information.  All registrants will receive a copy … Continue reading →

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Join The Fight Against Liquid Manure In Iowa’s Water

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Trish Nelson

ACTION ALERT FROM CCI: We’re in this fight because Iowa has over 10,000 factory farms that produce over 22 billion gallons of toxic liquid manure. Manure that is dumped untreated onto farm fields across the state and runs off into … Continue reading →

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Iowa Clean Water Fight Far From Over

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Trish Nelson

CCI and Food and Water Watch issued a joint statement on the Iowa Supreme Court 4-3 decision against their clean water lawsuit. “Iowans have the right to clean water. According to the Public Trust Doctrine, which has been Iowa law … Continue reading →

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How Corporations Swallowed Family Farms In Iowa

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Trish Nelson

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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Constitutionality of Iowa’s “Ag-gag” Law Challenged

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Trish Nelson

“’An especially grievous harm to our democracy occurs when the government uses the power of the criminal laws to target unpopular speech to protect those with power—which is exactly what this law is about. Ag gag clearly is a violation … Continue reading →

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Is The American Farm Bureau Just Another Corporate Entity?

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Trish Nelson

This 60 Minutes expose of the American Farm Bureau from April, 2000 raises the idea that the Farm Bureau may care more about its Wall Street investments than it does about farmers.  We wonder what if anything has changed since … Continue reading →

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Iowa Based Food Democracy Now! Joins Lawsuit Against Monsanto

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Trish Nelson

At Food Democracy Now! we believe that family farmers have a right to farm without threat and intimidation. We don’t think farmers should be sued because Monsanto’s patented genes from a neighbor’s field blow across their fence and contaminate their … 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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'Climate change' absent from public discussion of drought

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Paul Deaton

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa— The eight hundred pound gorilla in the Mount Pleasant High School Gymnasium today was the subject of climate change. Governor Terry Branstad called for a public discussion on drought conditions in Iowa and all of the governmental … Continue reading →

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Friday Food Talk: Poweshiek County Fights North Carolina Factory Hog Farm

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Citiizens For Community Improvement  CCI.org Yesterday, 56 Poweshiek County Iowa CCI members packed their Board of Supervisor’s meeting to tell them to deny a proposed Prestage Farms hog factory expansion. The meeting was extremely powerful, with almost everyone in … Continue reading →

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