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Diane Rosenberg
Jun 254 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20134 min read
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, 20132 min read
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, 20133 min read
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, 20092 min read
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, 20092 min read
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, 20083 min read
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, 20081 min read
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, 20082 min read
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, 20082 min read
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, 20073 min read
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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