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Tag Archives: iowa factory farms
722 To 45,000: CAFOs And Candidates
CCI (Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement), is leading the fight to do something about Iowa’s CAFO problem. CCI is taking advantage of the Democratic presidential candidates’ presence in Iowa by lining up CAFO tours. This is a great idea to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged #CAFOResistance, CAFO, Democratic candidates 2020, Iowa agriculture, iowa factory farms
Why The Farm Bill Was Drafted In Secret
Action Alert from Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) The House’s draft of the Farm Bill is nothing short of a disaster. Members of Congress have turned their backs on our independent farmers and everyday people. Tell your representative to throw … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Big Agribusiness, CAFOs in Iowa, cci, iowa factory farms, Iowa legislature 2018, local control
ALL Iowa Counties Now Have Poor or Very Poor Water Quality
CAFO Action Alert: For daily CAFO updates, follow Joan Olive on Facebook Want healthy air and water, Iowa? This link will give you the phone/email for your elected officials so you can tell them to support SF2008- Moratorium & HF456 / … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged #CAFOResistance, Iowa agriculture, Iowa air pollution, iowa factory farms, iowa farming, Iowa water quality
The Real And True Consequences Of CAFOs
This letter to the editor of a local Iowa newspaper will blow you away. https://www.waukonstandard.com/articles/2016/04/06/letter-editor-health-concerns-regarding-proposed-cafo-swine-allamakee-county To the Editor: The proposal by Reicks Farms for the Confinement Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) filled with swine to be built in Allamakee County on … Continue reading
More CAFOs Are Coming – What Everyone Can Do
Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors Joe Maxwell, Senior Political Director of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, addresses the role everyone can play in protecting our communities at the upcoming JFAN Annual Meeting More CAFOs Are Coming – What YOU Can … Continue reading
Posted in Factory Farms (CAFOs), Farming
Tagged Iowa agriculture, Iowa CAFOs, iowa factory farms
CAFOs: Not Just For Rural Iowa Anymore?
The encroachment continues. There is a proposed huge factory hog farm 5 miles north of Ames and Nevada. Our friend Greta Anderson posted this on FB yesterday: This is the CAFO one mile from my house that I’m fighting. Please, … Continue reading
Iowa’s Clean Water v. Factory Farms
The Sierra Club Iowa Chapter has waited since September 2007 when it filed a dedelegation petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to develop and approve rules requiring concentrated animal feeding operations … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Factory Farms (CAFOs), water
Tagged Clean Water Act, Iowa CAFOs, Iowa DNR, iowa factory farms, Iowa's clean water
Millions Of Gallons Of Untreated Manure Coming To Linn County
http://thegazette.com/2013/06/30/dnr-must-not-let-hog-project-advance/ By Deb Theissen It’s like a nightmare that just won’t end. Last October, my husband and I found out that Maschhoff Pork, a giant, out-of-state corporation, was working with our neighbor, Matt Ditch, to build a factory farm right … Continue reading
Posted in Factory Farms (CAFOs)
Tagged DNR flip-flop, Iowa agriculture, Iowa CAFOs, iowa factory farms, Linn County hog lot, Maschhoff Pork
Is Iowa Any Better Than China When It Comes To Hog Scandals?
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
Posted in Farming, Iowa in the News
Tagged CAFOs, China dead hog scandal, iowa factory farms
Is Your Community About To Be Corporate Factory-Farmed? Find Out About “Rights-Based” Organizing
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