Senate Study Bill 3103 would discourage people from reporting possible CAFO violations to the Iowa DNR.

Two new small adjacent CAFOs are being built in Penn Township in Jefferson County. JFAN looked into whether the LLC loophole was at play.

JFAN and Other Groups Met with the DNR to Understand What Lays Ahead by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director The DNR is now continuing...

JFAN just learned of a new small factory farm with fewer than 1250 hogs to be built approximately three miles southwest of Packwood.

Executive Order Number Ten is a threat to Iowans - JFAN letter to the editor

An Executive Order that directs state agencies to reduce rules and regulations threatens the DNR's ability to protect communities and water.

by Diane Rosenberg | JFAN Executive Director Contrary to livestock industry claims, factory farms aren’t creating healthy rural...

Jefferson County Supervisors grant full points to Hill View Site 2 Master Matrix during a morning scoring session on May 21.

JFAN recently learned that Tom and Jacob Adam are proposing Hill View Site 2, a 3720-head hog confinement for 2704 Salina Road in...

A century ago numerous small towns thrived in Jefferson County with names like Perlee, Absecum, Krum, and Veo. Many were on now defunct...

JFAN provided an update on the Daniels Site with the following article published in the September 28 Fairfield Weekly Reader. The DNR...

JFAN published the following Letter to the Editor in the September 28, 2018 Fairfield Ledger commenting on the Jefferson County...

Action Steps Recommended! The Jefferson County Courtroom was packed last night when between 125-150 people attended the Public Hearing...

PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 28 • 6:00 PM Jefferson County Courthouse Today the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors held the initial scoring...

RWP, LLC PUBLIC HEARING – Tuesday, August 28 at 6:00 pm (corrected time) Jefferson County Courthouse, 51 W. Briggs, Fairfield Mark...

The following letter appeared in the August 23 edition of the Fairfield Weekly Reader. To the editor: Last week, the Jefferson County...

The following letter appeared in the August 16, 2018 edition the Fairfield Ledger. Concerned about the Daniels Site and the introduction...

CAFO Will Be the Largest Factory Farm in the County – ACTION STEPS BELOW! ​​On Monday afternoon, August 13, the Jefferson County...

Over these last several weeks, JFAN conducted a complete and detailed analysis of the Master Matrix. Ultimately, we found six questions that

Hill View is doubling in size to 3600 hogs. CAFOs of this size have a big impact on communities whether people speak out or not. It is respe