Are Factory Farms Family Farms?
Recently, a farmer asked how JFAN and other environmental groups define factory farms and family farms. It’s a good question.
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Diane Rosenberg
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Vox and DM Register: Two Powerful Articles on CAFOs Plus a Must-Read Blog Post by Dr. Chris Jones
Vox: The Power and Influence of Iowa Select Vox.com recently published an excellent article on Iowa Select, the largest CAFO corporation...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Mar 31, 2019
- 2 min
April 3 - Dr. Chris Jones on the Factory Farming/Water Pollution Connection
Our Water At Risk Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm Fairfield Public Library Free - donations welcome Iowa has some of the dirtiest waters in...
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Diane Rosenberg | President and Executive Director
- Aug 8, 2014
- 3 min
What’s Going On in Southeast Iowa? Fairfield Weekly Reader
Throughout Southeast Iowa, hog production is ramping up. Favorable market conditions are driving expansion throughout Iowa, and Southeast...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Nov 23, 2013
- 4 min
Coalition Notifies Iowa Factory Farm of Intent to File Clean Water Act Lawsuit over Repeated Manure
The sow facility, located in Van Buren County, Iowa near the Des Moines River, is one of the largest factory farms in Iowa, and annually pro
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Diane Rosenberg
- Nov 22, 2013
- 2 min
New Eco-resort Unhappy with Hog Confinement
Letter to the Editor Appearing in the November 21, 2013 Fairfield Ledger To the editor: With tremendous concern my neighbors and I...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Oct 10, 2013
- 3 min
Guest Editorial: JFAN Response to Proposed Confinement
Published in the October 10, 2013 issue of the Fairfield Ledger This guest editorial was written in response to a letter submitted by...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Jul 9, 2009
- 2 min
CAFOs Breed More Than Hogs
There has been much speculation that Swine Flu, renamed Influenza A (H1N1), is linked to a Smithfield Foods CAFO operating in Perote,...
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Diane Rosenberg
- May 9, 2009
- 2 min
A Scent of Change in the Air?
This week HBO is showing “Death on a Factory Farm”, a documentary that takes a hard look at the inhumane living conditions for industrial...
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Diane Rosenberg
- May 29, 2008
- 3 min
Livestock Industry Needs Sweeping Changes Says Two Reports
Two new studies have called for massive reforms to the country’s livestock industry. The Pew Commission report on Industrial Farm Animal...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Apr 24, 2008
- 1 min
Open Manure Piles Could Threaten Iowa
Open stockpiles of dry manure may become legal for all new CAFOs if Iowa hog, beef and poultry producers have their way. A proposal to...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Mar 27, 2008
- 2 min
Hogtied at the State House
Rooting Around from the Fairfield Weekly Reader A review of the small number of CAFO-related bills before this year’s State Assembly...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Jan 25, 2008
- 2 min
Do We Really Need an Odor Control Study?
Rooting Around from the Fairfield Weekly Reader Do we in Iowa want to spend $22.7 million and take five years to study how to reduce...
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Diane Rosenberg
- Dec 7, 2007
- 3 min
ROOTING AROUND from THE FAIRFIELD WEEKLY READER
Welcome to our new monthly column where we’ll keep you abreast of our continuing efforts to control the growth of factory farms in our...
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